Familial hypercholesterolaemia in the Malaysian community: Prevalence, under-detection and under-treatment

Familial hypercholesterolaemia in the Malaysian community: Prevalence, under-detection and under-treatment

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Aim: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is the most common autosomal dominant lipid disorder, leading to severe hypercholesterolaemia. Early detection and treatment with lipid-lowering medications may reduce the risk of premature coronary artery disease in FH patients. However, there is scarcity of...

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Main Authors: Chua, Y.-A (Author), Mohd Kasim, N.A (Author), Nawawi, H. (Author), Ramli, A.S (Author), Razman, A.Z (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Atherosclerosis Society 2021
Series:Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
Subjects:
adult
age
anthropometry
antilipemic agent
Article
blood pressure
blood sampling
cholesterol
comorbidity
coronary artery bypass graft
coronary artery disease
cross-sectional study
demography
diabetes mellitus
diastolic blood pressure
drug therapy
Dutch Lipid Clinic Network criteria
early diagnosis
ethnicity
Familial hypercholesterolaemia
familial hypercholesterolemia
family history
female
gender
glucose blood level
heart infarction
high density lipoprotein
human
hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor
hypertension
lipid fingerprinting
low density lipoprotein cholesterol
major clinical study
Malaysia
male
medical history
middle aged
people by smoking status
percutaneous coronary intervention
physical examination
prevalence
Prevalence
questionnaire
scoring system
senile arch
systolic blood pressure
triacylglycerol
Under-detected
Under-treated
waist circumference
xanthoma
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