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To outline the updated National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines for evaluating and managing dyslipidemia to prevent coronary heart disease.

September 1, 2003Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy

Update on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines: Getting to Goal

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To outline the updated National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines for evaluating and managing dyslipidemia to prevent coronary heart disease.
Synthesized clinical, epidemiological, and pathophysiological data regarding dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease risk.
Established a risk-assessment framework utilizing 10-year coronary heart disease risk calculations and categorized diabetes as a coronary heart disease equivalent.
Defined optimal low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as below 100 mg/dL for all individuals, establishing LDL lowering as the primary therapeutic goal.
Recommended therapeutic lifestyle changes for all patients and established statins as the first-line pharmacologic treatment to reduce mortality and lower LDL levels.
Introduced non-HDL cholesterol targets and lifestyle management strategies for patients with hypertriglyceridemia and the metabolic syndrome.

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Clinical practice guideline demonstrates intensified lipid-lowering targets and risk stratification in adults with dyslipidemia, suggesting broader eligibility for statin therapy and intervention.

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James M. McKenney (2003) studied this question.

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Implication

Clinical practice guideline demonstrates intensified lipid-lowering targets and risk stratification in adults with dyslipidemia, suggesting broader eligibility for statin therapy and intervention.

Update on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines: Getting to Goal

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Update on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines: Getting to Goal

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