To Test or Not to Test in Pediatric Practice?
| Autor: | L A, Barness, W B, Strong |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatric practice
medicine.medical_specialty Elevated level Arteriosclerosis business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Elevated serum cholesterol Misnomer Physiology Disease Lipids Endocrinology Risk Factors Child Preschool Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Humans Medicine lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Risk factor business Lipoprotein |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics In Review. 12:35-38 |
| ISSN: | 1526-3347 0191-9601 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/pir.12.2.35 |
| Popis: | Decreasing atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic events is highly desirable, and the prevention of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease may be possible even from early ages. Attention has been focused by some on decreasing serum cholesterol levels. Serum cholesterol has been termed a "risk factor" for cardiovascular disease. This is a misnomer because, even in extensive epidemiologic studies in which elevated serum cholesterol levels have been associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, no causal relationship has been established. A more accurate term, with present knowledge, is that an elevated level of serum cholesterol (or specific lipoprotein or apoproteins) is a "marker" for increased cardiovascular risk events. |
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