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The results from chart reviews and interviews of patients with hypercholesterolemia at three hospital-based cardiology practices in Bronx, NY. regarding the need to take cholesterol-lowering mediations indefinitely are displayed on the current slide.1

 

Whites were more likely than blacks, English-speaking Hispanics, and non–English-speaking Hispanics to expect that they would require medications to treat their hypercholesterolemia indefinitely.1

 

Reference:

1. Kaplan R. Differences by age and race/ethnicity in knowledge about  hypercholesterolemia. Cardiology in Review. 2006;14:1-6.