Awareness, Accuracy, and Predictive Validity of Self-Reported Cholesterol in Women
Open Access
- 17 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 22 (5) , 606-613
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0144-1
Abstract
Although current guidelines emphasize the importance of cholesterol knowledge, little is known about accuracy of this knowledge, factors affecting accuracy, and the relationship of self-reported cholesterol with cardiovascular disease (CVD).Keywords
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