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An Appraisal of Poor Physician Compliance

KATHLEEN N. Fix, MD; Albert Oberman, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1992;152(12):2385-2387.

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, with an estimated prevalence of 6 million persons.¹ Because death is the presenting event in approximately 15%² of those developing CHD, and because of the prohibitively high expense of diagnosing and treating CHD, prevention is gaining attention. Dyslipidemia appears to be a necessary condition for the development of CHD. More important, lowering the cholesterol level decreases mortality from CHD by 2% for every 1% decrease in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.³ Multiple clinical trials also indicate that lowering the cholesterol level can arrest the progression of established atherosclerosis and even lead to regression of lesions.⁴ More than half of patients with premature CHD have a familial lipoprotein disorder.⁵ One third of middle-aged Americans have serum total cholesterol values equal to or greater than 6.21 mmol/L (240 mg/dL) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Division of General and Preventive Medicine Department of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294-3296

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