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Executive Summary of the Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases in Japan —2012 Version

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Current familial hypercholesterolemia diagnostic criteria underdiagnose APOB mutations: Lessons from the Amish community

TL;DR: Wide scale genetic population sampling or testing of patients with ‘‘general’’ hypercholesterolemia has shown defects in APOB to be frequent in certain ethnic populations and appears at variable LDL-C levels often lower than those accepted as phenotypically diagnostic of FH, an effect accentuated in younger patients.
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Economic Evaluation of Pravastatin for Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease Based on Risk Prediction from JALS-ECC in Japan

TL;DR: Using risk prediction for CAD based on a Japanese cohort with no history of cardiovascular events, the cost-effectiveness of pravastatin for primary prevention of CAD may not be cost-effective in populations at both low and high cardiac risk.
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Associations of sleep quality, sleep apnea and autonomic function with insulin secretion and sensitivity: HSCAA study.

TL;DR: Poor sleep quality is an independent predictor of pancreatic β-cell function, which could be involved in occurrence of type 2 diabetes.
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Carotid-Artery Intima and Media Thickness as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Older Adults

TL;DR: Increases in the thickness of the intima and media of the carotid artery, as measured noninvasively by ultrasonography, are directly associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults without a history of cardiovascular disease.
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ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: The Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)☆☆☆

TL;DR: These Joint ESC/European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) guidelines on the management of dyslipidaemias are complementary to the guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice and address not only physicians but also specialists from lipid clinics or metabolic units who are dealing with dyslipIDAemias that are more difficult to classify and treat.
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Serum total cholesterol and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in different cultures. Twenty-five-year follow-up of the seven countries study

TL;DR: The large difference in absolute CHD mortality rates at a given cholesterol level, however, indicates that other factors, such as diet, that are typical for cultures with a low CHD risk are also important with respect to primary prevention.
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