View clinical trials related to Hypercholesterolemia.
Filter by:To determine the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for cholesterol reduction.
To conduct a dietary intervention trial to test the lipid lowering response to the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Step Two Diet by free-living hyperlipidemic women and men and to compare the response between them.
To conduct focused studies of lipoprotein physiology and pathophysiology in genetically characterized patients with the objectives of understanding disease mechanisms, developing better treatments, and identifying and preventing early vascular disease.
To define the role of dietary variables on changes in plasma cholesterol levels over time in the Framingham cohort and the Framingham Offspring cohort.
To prospectively explore the relationships of endogenous sex steroid hormones and obesity and their interactions with lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein levels in nine and ten year old Black and white adolescent girls for five years during puberty.
To perform genetic studies of low density lipoprotein (LDL) subclasses in 160 families in whom the probands had metabolically defined hypercholesterolemia.
In the first study, to identify children at high and low risk for cardiovascular disease and study their nutritional and physical activity behaviors as they relate to cardiovascular disease. In the second study, to make yearly assessments over a four year period of diet and physical activity among children and their parents. The initial effort redefined and retested methods to collect data on dietary intake and activity levels of young children.
To determine the role of apolipoprotein B and apolipoprotein A1 in the etiology of coronary artery disease.
To conduct a community-based research and demonstration project in cardiovascular disease prevention in the town of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Targeted risk factors included high blood pressure, elevated blood cholesterol, obesity, cigarette smoking, and sedentary living. To evaluate the program, risk factor surveys on a cross-sectional and cohort basis were conducted along with mortality and morbidity surveillance both in Pawtucket and in the non-intervention comparison town of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
To determine morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease among American Indians and to compare cardiovascular disease risk factor levels among Indian groups living in different geographic areas.