"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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.584.500.500.396
|
| 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
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hypercholesterolemia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hypercholesterolemia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hypercholesterolemia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hypercholesterolemia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypercholesterolemia" by people in Profiles.
-
Efficacy and safety of evolocumab in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: primary results of the randomised controlled BANTING study. Diabetologia. 2019 06; 62(6):948-958.
-
Reverse Epidemiology of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Geriatric Population. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Nov 01; 16(11):933-9.
-
Atorvastatin reduces serum cholesterol and triglycerides with limited improvement in vascular function in adults with sickle cell anemia. Haematologica. 2012 Nov; 97(11):1768-70.
-
Childhood antecedents to adult cardiovascular disease. Pediatr Rev. 2012 Feb; 33(2):51-60; quiz 61.
-
Gut hormones and the brain. J Diabetes. 2010 Sep; 2(3):138-45.
-
Colesevelam hydrochloride to treat hypercholesterolemia and improve glycemia in prediabetes: a randomized, prospective study. Endocr Pract. 2010 Jul-Aug; 16(4):617-28.
-
The role of colesevelam HCl in type 2 diabetes mellitus therapy. Postgrad Med. 2009 May; 121(3 Suppl 1):19-24.
-
The use of the bile acid sequestrant colesevelam HCl in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: for glucose and lipid control. Introduction. Postgrad Med. 2009 May; 121(3 Suppl 1):5-6.
-
Association between serum lipids and survival in hemodialysis patients and impact of race. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Jan; 18(1):293-303.
-
Reverse epidemiology of conventional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Apr 21; 43(8):1439-44.