The prevalence and related factors of familial hypercholesterolemia in rural population of China using Chinese modified Dutch Lipid Clinic Network definition

• Main Authors: Yan Wang (Author), Yuqian Li (Author), Xiaotian Liu (Author), Runqi Tu (Author), Haiqing Zhang (Author), Xinling Qian (Author), Jingjing Jiang (Author), Dou Qiao (Author), Xue Liu (Author), Zhicheng Luo (Author), Xiaokang Dong (Author), Chongjian Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common monogenic disease, while studies about the epidemiology for the general population in China was scarce. Aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of FH and explore related factors by the Chinese modified Dutch Lipid Clinic Netw...