Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Average Total Cholesterol Levels Decrease Among US Children and Adolescents

A study involving more than 16,000 U.S. children and adolescents, revealed a decrease in average total cholesterol levels over the past 2 decades, although almost 1 in 10 had elevated total cholesterol in 2007-2010. The study appears in the August 8 issue of iJAMA/i. "The process of atherosclerosis begins during childhood and is associated with adverse serum lipid concentrations including high concentrations of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), non-high-density ...

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