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Review
. 2019 Sep;8(2):78-131.
doi: 10.12997/jla.2019.8.2.78. Epub 2019 Aug 7.

2018 Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia in Korea

Eun-Jung Rhee  1 , Hyeon Chang Kim  2 , Jae Hyeon Kim  3 , Eun Young Lee  4 , Byung Jin Kim  5 , Eun Mi Kim  6 , YoonJu Song  7 , Jeong Hyun Lim  8 , Hae Jin Kim  9 , Seonghoon Choi  10 , Min Kyong Moon  11 , Jin Oh Na  12 , Kwang-Yeol Park  13 , Mi Sun Oh  14 , Sang Youb Han  15 , Junghyun Noh  16 , Kyung Hee Yi  17 , Sang-Hak Lee  18 , Soon-Cheol Hong  19 , In-Kyung Jeong  20 ; Committee of Clinical Practice Guideline of Korean Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
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2018 Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia in Korea

Eun-Jung Rhee et al. J Lipid Atheroscler. 2019 Sep.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Trends of cardio-cerebrovascular mortality among Koreans, 1983 to 2016 (source: cause of death statistics). (A) Mortality rate (not age-adjusted). (B) Age-adjusted mortality rate (with reference to 2005 population).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Trends of coronary artery disease mortality among Koreans, 1983 to 2016 (source: cause of death statistics). (A) Mortality rate (not age-adjusted). (B) Age-adjusted mortality rate (with reference to 2005 population).
Fig. 3
Fig. 3. Trends of cerebrovascular disease mortality among Koreans, 1983 to 2016 (source: cause of death statistics). (A) Mortality rate (not age-adjusted). (B) Age-adjusted mortality rate (with reference to 2005 population).
Fig. 4
Fig. 4. Serum lipid concentrations by age, sex, and menopause in Korean general population. (A) Total cholesterol, (B) low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), (C) triglyceride, and (D) high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (data source: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010 to 2016).
Fig. 5
Fig. 5. Trends in prevalence of hypercholesterolemia (A, source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [KNHANES] 2005 to 2016) and sex and age-specific prevalence of dyslipidemia (B, source: KNHANES 2010 to 2012).
Fig. 6
Fig. 6. Trends in hypercholesterolemia management (source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey).
Fig. 7
Fig. 7. Dietary guideline for prevention and treatment dyslipidemia.
Fig. 8
Fig. 8. Drug therapy strategy for hypercholesterolemia. LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Fig. 9
Fig. 9. Comparison of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction effects of statins between foreigners and Koreans. Modified from Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaboration et al.
Fig. 10
Fig. 10. Korean data on the lipid-controlling efficacy of currently used statins. LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Fig. 11
Fig. 11. Dyslipidemia treatment algorithm in children and adolescents.
LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; CHILD, Cardiovascular Health Integrated Lifestyle Diet; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.
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