Diagnostic performance of various familial hypercholesterolaemia diagnostic criteria compared to Dutch lipid clinic criteria in an Asian population

Background: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a genetic disorder with a high risk of developing premature coronary artery disease that should be diagnosed as early as possible. Several clinical diagnostic criteria for FH are available, with the Dutch Lipid Clinic Criteria (DLCC) being widely us...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Abdul Ghani, R. (Author), Abdul-Razak, S. (Author), Ibrahim, Z. (Author), Ismail, Z. (Author), Kasim, S. (Author), Mohd Kasim, A. (Author), Muid, S. (Author), Nasir, N.M (Author), Nawawi, H. (Author), Rahman, T.A (Author), Rahmat, R. (Author), Rosman, A. (Author), Sanusi, A.R (Author)
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BioMed Central Ltd. 2017
Subjects:	adult Adult Article Asian Asian continental ancestry group Asian Continental Ancestry Group blood Cholesterol, LDL controlled study Cross-Sectional Studies cross-sectional study diabetes mellitus Dutch lipid clinic criteria epidemiology Familial hypercholesterolaemia familial hypercholesterolemia female Female genetic screening Genetic Testing genetics human Humans Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II hypertension Japanese FH management guideline criteria low density lipoprotein cholesterol Malaysia male Male mass screening middle aged Middle Aged Netherlands population research practice guideline predictive value priority journal procedures sensitivity and specificity Simon broome smoking US make early diagnosis to prevent early deaths young adult
Online Access:	View Fulltext in Publisher View in Scopus

Internet

View Fulltext in Publisher
View in Scopus

Diagnostic performance of various familial hypercholesterolaemia diagnostic criteria compared to Dutch lipid clinic criteria in an Asian population

Internet

Similar Items