PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Julie C. Huang
AU  - Byron J. Hoogwerf
TI  - Cholesterol guidelines update: More aggressive therapy for higher-risk patients
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 253--262
VI  - 72
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/253.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/253.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2005 Mar 01; 72
AB  - The 2004 update to the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines goes farther than the 2001 version in suggesting an optional low-density lipopro-tein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal of less than 70 mg/dL for patients at “very high risk.” It recommends starting both diet and drug therapy in all patients at high or very high risk whose LDL-C level is above the goal level, with the goal of reducing LDL-C by 30% to 40%. These more aggressive guidelines are based on results of five clinical studies published since 2001.