Facts and Statistics
About 1 in every 3 adults—33.5% of the U.S. adult population—has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.1
References
- CDC. Vital signs: prevalence, treatment, and control of high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. United States, 1999–2002 and 2005–2008. MMWR. 2011;60(4):109–14.
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