National Cholesterol Education Panel III performance in preventing myocardial infarction in young adults

<b>Background: </b> Only one published trial has directly evaluated the utility of the new National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines in young adults and that study population consisted of young Americans. We examined the utility of the latest NCEP Adult Treatment Panel III...

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Main Authors: Dib Jean, Alameddine Yasmine, Geitany Rouba, Afiouni Fadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2008-01-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:http://www.saudiannals.net/article.asp?issn=0256-4947;year=2008;volume=28;issue=1;spage=22;epage=27;aulast=Dib