Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Among the General Population and Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

P, Hu; KI, Dharmayat; CAT, Stevens; MTA, Sharabiani; RS, Jones; GF, Watts; J, Genest; KK, Ray; KK, Ray; AJ, Vallejo-Vaz

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.119.044795

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Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Among the General Population and Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Hu P

Dharmayat KI

Stevens CAT

Abstract

Background Contemporary studies suggest that familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is more frequent than previously reported and increasingly recognized as affecting individuals of all ethnicities and across many regions of the world. Precise estimation of its global prevalence and prevalence across Wo...

Subject

Atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular diseases

Meta-analysis

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