American doctors suggest New approach reduces "cholesterol"
The new study says A change in health advice could lead to lower cholesterol levels and better treatment for people at high risk of heart disease .
Heart disease is the world 's leading cause of death and high levels of cholesterol are a major risk factor for this disease, doctors have been treating patients by looking at their bad cholesterol levels in the past. Also known as LDL
In 2013, new guidelines in the US Advise your doctor to examine your overall risk of heart disease. Or in other words These guidelines recommend that doctors consider the patient's age , blood pressure , symptoms of diabetes, and other factors.
The idea of this practice is People at the highest risk will benefit the most from the cholesterol-lowering drug "statins".
The researchers looked at data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) .The data included cholesterol measurements of more than 32,000 adults between the years of 2009 and 2010. 2005 to 2016
In the group of people taking statins The average bad cholesterol level was reduced by 21 points over the course of the study. In addition, the total cholesterol and other lipids in the blood were also reduced.
Dr. Michael Miller is a cardiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center. That was not involved in the study, said the results were surprisingly good. Overall, the risk of heart disease and stroke is estimated to be 15% to 20% lower.
In addition, the use of “statins” among diabetics is also increasing.
Dr. Neil J. Stone of Northwestern University Preventing people diagnosed with diabetes from having a heart attack for the first time is important to a 2013 guideline development from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Very important
Dr. Pankaj Arora from Alabama State University Birmingham campus The head of the study said further studies were needed on the matter.
Arora at the University of Alabama warned that there was no increase in treatment among other high-risk groups, and that many people did not know they had cholesterol problems. The advice for these patients is Should go to measure cholesterol levels if they have not been measured at this stage.
