PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | vascular disease |
| Phenotype | C0020443|elevated cholesterol |
| Sentences | 4 |
| PubMedID- 20404379 | Background: randomized data on statins for primary prevention in older persons are limited, and the relative hazard of cardiovascular disease associated with an elevated cholesterol level weakens with advancing age. |
| PubMedID- 22492667 | Global variation in the prevalence of elevated cholesterol in outpatients with established vascular disease or 3 cardiovascular risk factors according to national indices of economic development and health system performance. |
| PubMedID- 21982666 | Frequency and correlates of treatment intensification for elevated cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease. |
| PubMedID- 21671887 | These additional effects have led to the recent consideration of statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients without elevated cholesterol [3,4]. |
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