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Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Arabian Gulf Region: Clinical results of the Gulf FH Registry.

Khalid F AlhabibKhalid Al-RasadiTurky H AlmigbalMohammed A BataisIbrahim Al-ZakwaniFaisal A Al-AllafKhalid Al-WailiFahad ZadjaliMohammad AlghamdiFahad AlnouriZuhier AwanAbdulhalim Jamal KinsaraAhmed AlQudaimiWael AlmahmeedHani SabbourMahmoud TrainaBassam AtallahMohammed Al-JarallahAhmad AlSarrafNasreen AlSayedHaitham AminHani Altaradi
Published in: PloS one (2021)
This snap-shot study was the first to show the high estimated prevalence of FH in the Arabian Gulf region (about 3-fold the estimated prevalence worldwide), and is a "call-to-action" for further confirmation in future population studies. The small proportions of patients that achieved target LDL-C values implied that health care policies need to implement nation-wide screening, raise FH awareness, and improve management strategies for FH.
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