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2058407

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
We report the results of physician follow-up of a group of community cholesterol-screening participants with hypercholesterolemia two years after the initial screening. Of 443 participants in a 1987 screening program, 51 (12%) had a cholesterol greater than the program cutoff of 7.16 mmol/L (277 mg/dL). In 1989, follow-up data from office records review and patient questionnaires were available on 48 (94%) of the 51 participants. Forty-three participants (90%) had consulted with a physician as advised. Twenty-five participants (66%) of the charts reviewed) had lipid profiles performed subsequent to the 1987 screening. Of the 43 participants consulting their physicians, twenty-six (60%) were prescribed a lipid-lowering regimen. Twenty-two were prescribed diet alone, fourteen also received prescriptions for medication, and two were advised to exercise more. Thirty subjects had had cholesterol levels checked in 1989, two years after the screening program. This group experienced an average decrease of 1.32 mmol/L (51 mg/dL), but several confounding factors may have contributed to this 16%-mean decline in cholesterol. Men were underrepresented throughout the screening and follow-up process. This community cholesterol-screening project in a small rural community achieved a high physician follow-up rate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0270-2304
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
139-48
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Physician follow-up of a community cholesterol-screening project.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article