iven the profound impact of coronary heart disease CHD) on the health of the adult population of the U.S. as ell as on health care costs, it is important to estimate the ational burden of CHD. In this issue of the Journal, Ford t al. (1) have nicely described the extent of the population t significant risk for CHD and how this varies by age roup, ethnicity, and gender. In 2001, the National Cho...

A number of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services programs recommend behaviors to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including the National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) and the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) (1-6). The objective of this report is to estimate the prevalence of persons engaging in multiple behaviors recommended to reduce risk of C...

The assimilation of official advisory minimum sea level pressure observations has been developed and tested in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) to address forecaster concerns regarding some tropical systems being far too weak in operational Global Forecast System (GFS) analyses. The assimilation of these observations has been operat...

BACKGROUND National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines recommend development of direct assays for LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) measurement, but it is unclear how these assays compare with Friedewald calculation in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS In a study of 27 331 healthy women with triglycerides <or=4.52 mmol/L (<or=400 mg/dL), baseline fasting Friedewald LDL-C was...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS), its components and insulin resistance (IR) in the adult population of Yecla. To study the variability between 3 definitions of the syndrome and IR. To identify the variables that predict the presence of IR and to verify the diagnostic validity of several strategies for predicting it. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional study. ...