What is High Cholesterol?
What is High Cholesterol?
- High Cholesterol: High levels of blood cholesterol, triglycerides, or other lipids.
- High Cholesterol: the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis.
Source - WordNet 2.1
High Cholesterol: Introduction
Types of High Cholesterol:
Types of High Cholesterol:
Broader types of High Cholesterol:
How many people get High Cholesterol?
Prevalance of High Cholesterol: estimated 101 million Americans have cholesterol >= 200 mg/dL (CDC)
Prevalance Rate of High Cholesterol: approx 1 in 3 or 37.13% or 101 million people in USA [about data]
How serious is High Cholesterol?
Prognosis of High Cholesterol: Prognosis varies depending on adherence and individual response to treatment plans. The aim is to prevent complications such as cardiovascular disease.
Complications of High Cholesterol:
see complications of High Cholesterol
What causes High Cholesterol?
Causes of High Cholesterol: see causes of High Cholesterol
Risk factors for High Cholesterol:
see
risk factors for High Cholesterol
What are the symptoms of High Cholesterol?
Symptoms of High Cholesterol:
see symptoms of High Cholesterol
Complications of High Cholesterol:
see complications of High Cholesterol
High Cholesterol: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for High Cholesterol.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and High Cholesterol.
How is it treated?
Treatments for High Cholesterol:
see treatments for High Cholesterol
Research for High Cholesterol:
see research for High Cholesterol
Society issues for High Cholesterol
Cost statistics for High Cholesterol:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and High Cholesterol:
- $199 million spent on prevention and treatment in Australia 1993-94 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2003)
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Physician office visits for High Cholesterol: 20.4 million visits in USA 1995 (US Government Statistics)
Physician office visit statistics for High Cholesterol:
The following are statistics from various sources
about physician office visits and High Cholesterol:
- 5% of physician office visits involved high cholesterol in the US 2001 (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Summary, NCHS, CDC)
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Organs Affected by High Cholesterol:
Organs and body systems related to High Cholesterol include:
Name and Aliases of High Cholesterol
Main name of condition: High Cholesterol
Other names or spellings for High Cholesterol:
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypercholesteremia
Source - WordNet 2.1
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