Half of patients aged 40 years or older in Canada have dyslipidemia, and prevalence among patients aged 65 years or older, men, and those with obesity or other chronic conditions is even higher, ...
We used the approach of MacLean and colleagues6 and data from the Canadian Heart Health Survey (CHHS) to estimate how the 2003 guideline revisions would affect the Canadian population in terms of the ...
Eddie Vos and Colin Rose are concerned that we overestimated the benefit of statins in women and older people in our analysis1 of the Canadian recommendations for dyslipidemia management.2 On the ...
Dyslipidemia describes atypical levels of lipids (fats) in the blood, such as high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol. The condition can be caused by genetic factors, as in primary ...
What is Dyslipidemia or Lipid Disorders? There are two kinds of fats in the body - triglycerides and cholesterol. Triglycerides are fats that have not been used by the body and majority of it comes ...
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