Prevalence and distributions of severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) according to age, gender and clinic location among patients in the Malaysian primary care

Background: Adults with severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) may have familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and are at high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The prevalence of elevated LDL-c in primary care clinics in Malaysia is not known. Therefore, thi...

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Published in:Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Main Author: Kanchau J.D.; Akyea R.K.; Baharudin N.; Mohamed-Yassin M.-S.; Kamal A.; Chua Y.-A.; Razman A.Z.; Abdul-Hamid H.; Abdul-Razak S.; Badlishah-Sham S.F.; Abdul Aziz A.F.; Qureshi N.; Ramli A.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2024
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85192057211&doi=10.1016%2fj.cegh.2024.101619&partnerID=40&md5=abcdbd96850fd1cba8422dff13004c81