Prevalence of dyslipidemia in adolescents: Comparison between definitions
Author(s) -
Crisieli M. Tomeleri,
Ênio Ricardo Vaz Ronque,
Danilo R. Silva,
Crivaldo Gomes Cardoso Júnior,
Rômulo Araújo Fernandes,
Denílson de Castro Teixeira,
Décio S. Barbosa,
Danielle Venturini,
Alessandra Miyuki Okino,
Jair Aparecido de Oliveira,
Edílson Serpeloni Cyrino
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista portuguesa de cardiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2174-2030
pISSN - 0870-2551
DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2014.08.020
Subject(s) - dyslipidemia , national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , national cholesterol education program , ldl cholesterol , cross sectional study , cholesterol , total cholesterol , environmental health , metabolic syndrome , population , pathology , obesity
The indiscriminate use of different diagnostic criteria for the definition of dyslipidemia may result in inaccurate interpretations, which could compromise diagnosis and therefore the therapeutic and prophylactic actions to be taken.
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