Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy
Subtitle: Evaluation of Clinical Trial Evidence
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780824782160
Subjects: Specific disorders & therapies; Health & Fitness; Internal Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Health & Fitness / Nutrition; Nutrition
First sentence: The "cholesterol hypothesis" holds that increasing concentrations of serum cholesterol will raise the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), whereas decreasing of serum cholesterol levels will reduce the risk (Fig. 1).