Fotios Barkas, Christos V Rizos, George Liamis, Ioannis Skoumas, Anastasia Garoufi, Loukianos Rallidis, Genovefa Kolovou, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Emmanouil Skalidis, George Sfikas, Vasilios Kotsis, Michalis Doumas, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Vaia Lambadiari, Georgia Anastasiou, Iosif Koutagiar, Achilleas Attilakos, Estela Kiouri, Vana Kolovou, Georgios Polychronopoulos, Amalia-Despoina Koutsogianni, Evangelos Zacharis, Charalambos Koumaras, Christina Antza, Chrysoula Boutari, Evangelos Liberopoulos
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and obesity are well-established risk factors of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite high prevalence, their joint association with ASCVD remains largely unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of obesity with prevalent ASCVD in individuals with heterozygous FH (HeFH) enrolled in the Hellenic Familial Hypercholesterolemia Registry (HELLAS-FH). METHODS: FH diagnosis was based on Dutch Lipid Clinic Network (DLCN) criteria...
January 24, 2024: Journal of Clinical Lipidology