Abstract
CHOLESTEROL TESTINGhas changed remarkably since the middle 1980s. Millions of asymptomatic Americans have been tested<sup>1</sup>and retested. The advent of tabletop chemistry analyzers and portable testing devices,<sup>2</sup>the introduction of medications that favorably affect atherosclerotic risk and prognosis,<sup>3-5</sup>and the dissemination of a National Cholesterol Education Program<sup>6,7</sup>have led to an increase in cholesterol awareness and intervention. An article in this issue of theArchives<sup>8</sup>concerns an important facet of this issue: the accuracy and utility of cholesterol testing and retesting. In this issue of theArchives, Forrow et al<sup>8</sup>present data on more than 1000 individuals who participated in a cholesterol screening program and then were retested 17 months later. Participants with initially high levels of cholesterol typically had lower levels at follow-up, and the authors attributed a considerable degree of the reduction to "regression to the mean." These results provide an
Keywords
CholesterolLdl cholesterolMedicineAsymptomaticEndocrinologyInternal medicine
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- 155
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- 20
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- 2146-2146
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- 3
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Peter W.F. Wilson
(1995).
Cholesterol Screening.
Archives of Internal Medicine
, 155
(20)
, 2146-2146.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1995.00430200017004
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- 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430200017004