Prevalence of High LDL, or 'Bad' Cholesterol Levels Decreases in US Nov 19, 2009
Elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), the major atherogenic lipoprotein, are a primary focus for cholesterol management of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III). "The guidelines set LDL-C target levels that are based on the history of coronary heart disease (CHD) or risk for developing CHD in the next 10 years," the authors write. (Science Daily)
Current Search For Heart Disease Treatment May Not Be Fruitful Jul 8, 2009
16, 2009) The Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, according to a new. (May 9, 2008) Despite widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, a significant number of cardiac patients continue to suffer heart attacks and stroke. (Science Daily)
More Patients Across The World Lowering 'Bad' Cholesterol Jun 25, 2009
Researchers examined compliance with LDL goals outlined in the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (NCEP ATP) III, the 2003 Joint European Societies, or the 2003 Canadian Working Group. Countries in the study were the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Brazil, South Korea and Taiwan. (Science Daily)
Kardea Enhances Medical Nutrition System for Cholesterol Lowering May 4, 2009
Kardea Nutrition is a natural life science company that enables the therapeutic nutrition recommendations of the National Cholesterol Education Program of the National Institutes of Health ... Helpful Tips And Resources For National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Many Who Should Use Statins Don't Apr 28, 2009
Spatz and her colleagues used data from the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to identify 777 adults who met the criteria set by the National Cholesterol Education Program for statin therapy. Those criteria consider not only blood levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind found in artery-clogging plaques (in general, a reading below 100 milligrams per deciliter is recommended), but also other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as smoking, obesity and high... (MEDLINEplus)
Tests reveal risks of heart disease Apr 17, 2009
According to The National Cholesterol Education Program, new risk factors for heart disease include high amounts of small, dense LDL. This type of LDL is easily oxidized by free radicals and can penetrate into the delicate inner lining of the blood vessel walls to form plaque. In contrast, large LDL do not put you at increased risk. (Honolulu Advertiser)
High Triglyceride Levels Common, Often Untreated Among Americans Mar 30, 2009
1 percent of participants had a triglyceride concentration of 150 milligrams per deciliter or higher (between 150 and 199 milligrams per deciliter is defined as borderline high by the 2001 National Cholesterol Education Program report), 17. 9 percent had a concentration of 200 milligrams per deciliter or higher (defined as high), 1. (Science Daily)
High Blood Fat Levels Common in Americans Mar 25, 2009
Nonetheless, the National Cholesterol Education Program offers a list of recommendations about blood triglyceride levels: that they are best kept under 150 milligrams per deciliter; considered borderline high between 150 and 199 milligrams per deciliter; and deemed high at 200 or greater. Data on 5,610 Americans in National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys between 1999 and 2004 found that 33. (MEDLINEplus)
Diabetes Patients with High Triglycerides and Low HDL Cholesterol Get the Most Benefit From Fenofibrate Treatment: New Data From the FIELD Study Feb 27, 2009
7 mmol/L-150mg/dL ) are key criteria of the metabolic syndrome according to the old definition of the US National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATPIII) guidelines ... National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) ... Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood... (PR Newswire)
