MA Denke, SM Grundy - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1990 - Am Coll Physicians Of all age groups, men and women over 60 years of age have the highest prevalence of elevated
serum cholesterol levels. Now that detection and treatment of high serum cholesterol levels are
increasing, we need a rational approach to managing elevated cholesterol levels in ... Cited by 77 - Related articles - All 3 versions
R Benfante, D Reed - Jama, 1990 - Am Med Assoc Since serum cholesterol is a major component in the causal pathway of atherosclerosis, a pathological
process that usually progresses with age, we have evaluated reported findings of a diminished
association between serum cholesterol level and coronary heart disease in the elderly. In ... Cited by 171 - Related articles - All 5 versions
DJ Malenka, JA Baron - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1988 - archinte.highwire.org \s=b\The value of treating hypercholesterolemia remains con- troversial despite extensive
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SD Kafonek, PO Kwiterovich - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1990 - Am Coll Physicians The major cause of death in elderly persons is atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (1). This
is not a phenomenon of normal human aging, but rather, a disease manifestation of extended
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E Agner, PF Hansen - Acta Med Scand, 1983 - interscience.wiley.com ABSTRACT. In a ten-year prospective study of a population of men and women aged exactly
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SM Grundy - Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 1998 - Elsevier For many years, coronary heart disease (CHD) was considered to be mainly a disease of
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- ►ahajournals.org [PDF] P Zimetbaum, WH Frishman, WL Ooi, MP … - … , and Vascular Biology, 1992 - Am Heart Assoc The Bronx Aging Study is a 10-year prospective investigation of very elderly volunteers (mean
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SM Rubin, S Sidney, DM Black, WS … - Annals of internal …, 1990 - Am Coll Physicians Add to CiteULike Add to Complore Add to Connotea Add to Del.icio.us Add to Digg Add to Facebook
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