"Hypercholesterolemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.
| Descriptor ID |
D006937
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.584.500.500.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypercholesterolemia- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypercholesterolemias
- High Cholesterol Levels
- Cholesterol Level, High
- Cholesterol Levels, High
- High Cholesterol Level
- Level, High Cholesterol
- Levels, High Cholesterol
- Elevated Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, Elevated
- Cholesterols, Elevated
- Elevated Cholesterols
- Hypercholesteremia
- Hypercholesteremias
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypercholesterolemia" by people in Profiles.
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Sex Differences in the Age of Diagnosis for Cardiovascular Disease and Its Risk Factors Among US Adults: Trends From 2008 to 2017, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 12 15; 9(24):e018764.
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Secretion of the epithelial sodium channel chaperone PCSK9 from the cortical collecting duct links sodium retention with hypercholesterolemia in nephrotic syndrome. Kidney Int. 2020 12; 98(6):1449-1460.
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Prevalence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Neurology. 2016 Jan 26; 86(4):334-40.
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Short-term reduction in bone markers with high-dose simvastatin. Osteoporos Int. 2005 Oct; 16(10):1272-6.
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Association between reduced low density lipoprotein oxidation and inhibition of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in statin-treated subjects. J Lab Clin Med. 2005 Feb; 145(2):83-7.
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Statins reduce oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels, but do not alter soluble intercellular cell-adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell-adhesion molecule-1 levels in subjects with hypercholesterolaemia. Clin Sci (Lond). 2004 Feb; 106(2):215-7.
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Inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine production by pravastatin. Lancet. 1999 Mar 20; 353(9157):983-4.
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Beneficial effects of statins. Lancet. 1996 Dec 07; 348(9041):1583.