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Descriptor English: Hypercholesterolemia
Descriptor Spanish: Hipercolesterolemia
Descriptor hipercolesterolemia
Entry term(s) hipercolesteremia
hipercolesterinemia
Scope note: Niveles anormalmente elevados de colesterol en sangre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipercolesterolemia
Descriptor French: Hypercholestérolémie
Entry term(s): Cholesterol Level, High
Cholesterol Levels, High
Cholesterol, Elevated
Cholesterols, Elevated
Elevated Cholesterol
Elevated Cholesterols
High Cholesterol Level
High Cholesterol Levels
Hypercholesteremia
Hypercholesteremias
Hypercholesterolemias
Level, High Cholesterol
Levels, High Cholesterol
Tree number(s): C18.452.584.500.500.396
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006937
Scope note: A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 80; was HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA 1963-79; HYPERLIPEMIA, ESSENTIAL FAMILIAL was heading 1963-79 (see note under HYPERLIPIDEMIA for former cross refs to it)
Online Note: use HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA to search HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA 1966-79; search HYPERLIPEMIA, ESSENTIAL FAMILIAL under HYPERLIPIDEMIA/genetics 1966-79
History Note: 80; was HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA 1963-79; HYPERLIPEMIA, ESSENTIAL FAMILIAL was heading 1963-79 (see note under HYPERLIPIDEMIA for former cross refs to it)
DeCS ID: 7117
Unique ID: D006937
NLM Classification: WD 200.5.H8
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Hypercholesterolemia - Preferred
Concept UI M0010818
Scope note A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.
Preferred term Hypercholesterolemia
Entry term(s) Cholesterol Level, High
Cholesterol Levels, High
Cholesterol, Elevated
Cholesterols, Elevated
Elevated Cholesterol
Elevated Cholesterols
High Cholesterol Level
High Cholesterol Levels
Hypercholesteremia
Hypercholesteremias
Hypercholesterolemias
Level, High Cholesterol
Levels, High Cholesterol



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