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Clinical
Preventive Services - Screening
Screening for Lipid Disorders
Screening
for Lipid Disorders
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- The U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force (USPSTF) strongly recommends that
clinicians routinely screen men aged 35 years and
older and women aged 45 years and older for lipid
disorders and treat abnormal lipids in people who are
at increased risk of coronary heart disease. (A
recommendation).
- The USPSTF recommends
that clinicians routinely screen younger adults (men
aged 20 to 35 years and women aged 20 to 45 years) for
lipid disorders if they have other risk factors for
coronary heart disease. (See Clinical
Considerations for a discussion of risk factors.)
(B recommendation).
- The USPSTF makes no
recommendation for or against routine screening for
lipid disorders in younger adults (men aged 20 to 35
years or women aged 20 to 45 years) in the absence of
known risk factors for coronary heart disease. (C
recommendation).
- The USPSTF recommends
that screening for lipid disorders include measurement
of total cholesterol (TC) and high-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (HDL-C). (B
recommendation).
- The USPSTF concludes
that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or
against triglyceride measurement as a part of routine
screening for lipid disorders. (I
recommendation).
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