National Cholesterol Education Program

Grundy SM, Cleeman JT, Merz CN et al (2004) Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Circulation 110 227-239... 

Lipid responses to plant-sterol-enriched reduced-fat spreads incorporated into a national cholesterol education program step I diet , American Journal of Nutrition, 74, 33-43. 

Statins (and National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III diet)... 

Because lipoprotein metabolism and the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis are closely linked, treatment of dyslipidemias is critical for both primary and secondary prevention of IHD-related cardiac events. In 2001, the Adult Treatment Panel III of the National Cholesterol Education Program... 

The following modifications were made to the National Cholesterol Education Program treatment guidelines in patients at high or very high risk for IHD-related events ... 

Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA 2001 285 2486-2497. 

The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines have set the optimal level for low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol for all adults as less than 100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L). 

Insulin resistance has been associated with a number of other cardiovascular risks, including abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, hypercoagulation, and hyperinsulinemia. The clustering of these risk factors has been termed metabolic syndrome. It is estimated that 50% of the United States population older than 60 years of age have metabolic syndrome. The most widely used criteria to define metabolic syndrome were established by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines (summarized in Table 40-2). 

The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) recommends that a fasting lipoprotein profile and risk factor assessment be used in the initial classification of adults. 

The National Cholesterol Education Program considers ischemic stroke or TIA to be a coronary risk equivalent and recommends the use of statins in... 

Different classification systems are available to estimate the individual risk of presenting a cardiovascular event in the next 10 years. One of the most frequently used is the Framingham score risk, for which there is also software available online (Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program 2002), but recently several organizations involved in cardiovascular care have produced guidelines to identify and manage these risk situations (Mosca 2004). 

Third Report of National Cholesterol Education Program (2002) Circulation 106 3143-3421. http //www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm... 

Information from US National Cholesterol Education Program (1993, 1994). 

Hyperlipidemia The following dosages are from the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel III guidelines ... 

Monitor patients who are administered sirolimus for hyperlipidemia using laboratory tests. If hyperlipidemia is detected, initiate subsequent interventions such as diet, exercise, and lipid-lowering agents, as outlined by the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines. 

Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults. 

National Institute of Health. Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program. September 2002. Comprehensive findings on research on cholesterol and health. 

The Expert Panel in summary of the second report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on detection, evalution, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (adult treatment panel II) (1993) J Am Med Assoc 269 3015... 

More specifically, the ATP III guidelines, from the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program s expert Adult Treatment Panel on Detection, Evaluation,... 

Stone NJ, Bilek S, Rosenbaum S. Recent National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III update adjustments and options. Am J Cardiol. 2005 96(4A) 53E-59E. 

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