Prevalence, self-awareness, and LDL cholesterol levels among patients highly suspected as familial hypercholesterolemia in a Japanese community

Prevalence, self-awareness, and LDL cholesterol levels among patients highly suspected as familial hypercholesterolemia in a Japanese community

Backgrounds: The prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) among Japanese populations is still unclear. In addition, no prior data exist regarding the self-awareness. Accordingly, we aimed to investigate the prevalence, self-awareness, and LDL-C of patients with highly suspected as FH using d...

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Main Authors: Hayato Tada, Junichi Shibayama, Tetsuo Nishikawa, Hirofumi Okada, Akihiro Nomura, Soichiro Usui, Kenji Sakata, Atsushi Hashiba, Akihiro Inazu, Masayuki Takamura, Masa-aki Kawashiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Practical Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:
Familial hypercholesterolemia
LDL cholesterol
PCSK9
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235255172030144X

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