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  • Björnsson, Eyþór; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Helgadóttir, Anna; Gudnason, Thorarinn; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Andersen, Karl; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Ólafsson, Ísleifur; Tragante, Vinicius; Ólafsson, Ólafur Hreiðar; Jónsdóttir, Birna; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (American Medical Association (AMA), 2020-01-01)
    Importance: Genetic studies have evaluated the influence of blood lipid levels on the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), but less is known about how they are associated with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis. Objective: To estimate the ...
  • Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Alexandersson, Kristjan F; Tragante, Vinicius; Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét; Eiriksson, Finnur Freyr; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Björnsson, Eyþór; Magnússon, Ólafur; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Ferkingstad, Egil; Jensson, Brynjar Ö; Stefansson, Hreinn; Olafsson, Isleifur; Christensen, Alex H; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Køber, Lars; Pedersen, Ole B; Erikstrup, Christian; Sørensen, Erik; Brunak, Søren; Banasik, Karina; Hansen, Thomas F; Nyegaard, Mette; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurdardottir, Olof; Þórarinsson, Björn L; Matthíasson, Stefán E.; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Danielsen, Ragnar; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Arnar, David O; Ullum, Henrik; Bundgaard, Henning; sulem, patrick; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Stefansson, Kari (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-07-21)
    Aims: To explore whether variability in dietary cholesterol and phytosterol absorption impacts the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) using as instruments sequence variants in the ABCG5/8 genes, key regulators of intestinal absorption of dietary ...
  • Björnsson, Eyþór (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2021-10-08)
    Kransæðasjúkdómur dregur fleiri til dauða á hverju ári en nokkur annar sjúkdómur á heimsvísu. Sjúkdómurinn einkennist af framvindu æðakölkunar, sem er flókið og margþætt ferli. Á undanförnum 14 árum hafa rannsóknir með víðtækri erfðamengisleit leitt ...
  • Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Gudnason, Vilmundur (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-01-22)
    Many genetic loci affect circulating lipid levels, but it remains unknown whether lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, modify these genetic effects. To identify lipid loci interacting with physical activity, we performed genome-wide analyses ...
  • Taddei, Cristina; Jackson, Rod; Zhou, Bin; Bixby, Honor; Danaei, Goodarz; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Hajifathalian, Kaveh; Bentham, James; Bennett, James E.; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Cifkova, Renata; Dallongeville, Jean; Debacquer, Dirk; Giampaoli, Simona; Guðnason, Vilmundur G.; Khang, Young Ho; Laatikainen, Tiina; Mann, Jimi; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Mensah, Georgea; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Petkeviciene, Janina; Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando; Servais, Jennifer; Söderberg, Stefan; Stavreski, Bill; Wilsgaard, Tom; Zdrojewski, Tomasz; Zhao, Dong; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Savin, Stefan; Cowan, Melanie J.; Riley, Leanne M.; Ezzati, Majid; Adams, Robert J.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Amouyel, Philippe; Amuzu, Antoinette; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Ariansen, Inger; Arveiler, Dominique; Aspelund, Thor; Auvinen, Juha; Avdicová, Mária; Banach, Maciej; Bandosz, Piotr; Banegas, José R.; Barbagallo, Carlo M.; Bata, Iqbal; Baur, Louise A.; Beaglehole, Robert; Bernotiene, Gailute; Bi, Yufang; Bienek, Asako; Björkelund, Cecilia; Bo, Simona; Boehm, Bernhard O.; Bonaccio, Marialaura; Bongard, Vanina; Borchini, Rossana; Borghs, Herman; Breckenkamp, Juergen; Brenner, Hermann; Bruno, Graziella; Busch, Markusa; Cabreradeleón, Antonio; Capuano, Vincenzo; Casanueva, Felipe F.; Casas, Juan Pablo; Caserta, Carmelo A.; Censi, Laura; Chen, Fangfang; Chen, Shuohua; Chirlaque, María Dolores; Cho, Belong; Cho, Yumi; Chudek, Jerzy; Claessens, Frank; Clarke, Janine; Clays, Els; Cooper, Cyrus; Costanzo, Simona; Cottel, Dominique; Cowell, Chris; Crujeiras, Ana B.; Cui, Liufu; D'Arrigo, Graziella; Dauchet, Luc; De Backer, Guy; De Bacquer, Dirk; De Gaetano, Giovanni; De Henauw, Stefaan; De Smedt, Delphine; Dennison, Elaine; Deschamps, Valérie; Dicastelnuovo, Augusto; Dobson, Annette J.; Donfrancesco, Chiara; Döring, Angela; Drygas, Wojciech; Du, Yong; Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Elzbieta; Eggertsen, Robert; Ekelund, Ulf; Elosua, Roberto; Eriksson, Johan G.; Evans, Alun; Faeh, David; Felix-Redondo, Francisco J.; Fernández-Bergés, Daniel; Ferrari, Marika; Ferrieres, Jean; Finn, Joseph D.; Forslund, Ann Sofie; Forsner, Maria; Frontera, Guillermo; Fujita, Yuki; Gaciong, Zbigniew; Galvano, Fabio; Gao, Jingli; Garcia-De-La-Hera, Manoli; Garnett, Sarahp; Gaspoz, Jean Michel; Gasull, Magda; Gates, Louise; Gianfagna, Francesco; Gill, Tiffany K.; Giovannelli, Jonathan; Goltzman, David; Gonzalezgross, Marcela; Gottrand, Frederic; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Grafnetter, Dušan; Gregor, Ronald D.; Grodzicki, Tomasz; Grosso, Giuseppe; Gruden, Grabriella; Gu, Dongfeng; Guallar-Castillón, Pilar; Gudmundsson, Elias F.; Guessous, Idris; Gunnlaugsdottir, Johanna; Gutzwiller, Felix; Hardy, Rebecca; Hata, Jun; Haugsgjerd, Teresa; Hayes, Alison J.; He, Jiang; He, Yuna; Herrala, Sauli; Tapanihihtaniemi, Ilpo; Hobbs, Michael; Hopman, Wilma M.; Maríahuerta, José; Huybrechts, Inge; Iacoviello, Licia; Iannone, Anna G.; Ikeda, Nayu; Iwasaki, Masanori; Jamrozik, Konrad; Janszky, Imre; Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta; Jasienska, Grazyna; Jennings, Garry; Jeong, Seung Lyeal; Qiangjiang, Chao; Joffres, Michel; Jokelainen, Jari J.; Jonas, Jost B.; Jóźwiak, Jacek; Kajantie, Eero O.; Kauhanen, Jussi; Keil, Ulrich; Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka; Kersting, Mathilde; Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Ursula; Kiechl, Stefan; Kim, Jeongseon; Kim, Yeon Yong; Klumbiene, Jurate; Knoflach, Michael; Ko, Stephanie; Kolle, Elin; Korpelainen, Raija; Koskinen, Seppo; Kouda, Katsuyasu; Kratzer, Wolfgang; Kriemler, Susi; Krokstad, Steinar; Kujala, Urhom; Kurjata, Pawel; Hinglam, Tai; Lanska, Vera; Lappas, Georg; Laugsand, Lars E.; Lee, Jeonghee; Lehtimäki, Terho; Li, Yanping; Lilly, Christa L.; Lin, Xu; Lind, Lars; Lissner, Lauren; Liu, Jing; Lopez-Garcia, Esther; Lorbeer, Roberto; Eugeniolozano, José; Luksiene, Dalia; Lundqvist, Annamari; Lundqvist, Robert; Lytsy, Per; Ma, Guansheng; Machi, Suka; Maggi, Stefania; Magliano, Dianna J.; Mann, Jim I.; Manzato, Enzo; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; McLachlan, Stela; McLean, Rachael M.; Scott, B. S.; Meirhaeghe, Aline; Christa, C.; Metcalf, Patricia; Mi, Jie; Miller, Jody C.; Moreno, Luisa; Morin, Suzanne; Mossakowska, Malgorzata; Muiesan, Maria L.; Mursu, Jaakko; Nakamura, Harunobu; Námešná, Jana; Matthias, M.; Marianavarrete-Muñoz, Eva; Neal, William A.; Nenko, Ilona; Niiranen, Teemu J.; Ning, Guang; Noale, Marianna; Norie, Sawada; Noto, Davide; O'Neill, Terence; O'Reilly, Dermot; Oh, Kyungwon; Olafsson, Örn; Michelpaccaud, Fred; Pajak, Andrzej; Palmieri, Luigi; Panza, Francesco; Parnell, Winsome R.; Peltonen, Markku; Peters, Annette; Petersmann, Astrid; Pigeot, Iris; Pilotto, Lorenza; Piwonska, Aleksandra; Plans-Rubió, Pedro; Porta, Miquel; Price, Jacqueline F.; Puder, Jardena J.; Puhakka, Soilee; Radisauskas, Ricardas; Raitakari, Olli; Ramos, Rafel; Redon, Josep; Rigo, Fernando; Rodriguez-Perez, Maríadel Cristo; Romaguera, Dora; Ronkainen, Kimmo; Rosengren, Annika; Roy, Joel G.R.; Ruidavets, Jean Bernard; Rutkowski, Marcin; Salanave, Benoit; Salmerón, Diego; Salomaa, Veikko; Salonen, Jukka T.; Salvetti, Massimo; Sans, Susana; Saramies, Jouko L.; Saum, Kai Uwe; Scheidt-Nave, Christa; Schienkiewitz, Anja; Schipf, Sabine; Schmidt, Carsteno; Schöttker, Ben; Sebert, Sylvain; Sen, Abhijit; Shaw, Jonathan E.; Shibuya, Kenji; Wookshin, Dong; Shiri, Rahman; Simons, Judith; Simons, Leon A.; Sjöström, Michael; Slowikowska-Hilczer, Jolanta; Slusarczyk, Przemyslaw; Solfrizzi, Vincenzo; Sonestedt, Emily; Soumare, Aicha; Staessen, Jan A.; Stathopoulou, Maria G.; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Stehle, Peter; Stieber, Jutta; Stöckl, Doris; Stokwiszewski, Jakub; Sundström, Johan; Suriyawongpaisal, Paibul; Tamosiunas, Abdonas; Jootan, Eng; Taylor, Anne; Tell, Grethe; Thijs, Lutgarde; Tolonen, Hanna K.; Topór-Madry, Roman; Josétormo, María; Torrent, Maties; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Tzourio, Christophe; Uusitalo, Hannu M.T.; Vanherck, Koen; Vanderschueren, Dirk; Vanuzzo, Diego; Vatten, Lars; Vega, Tomas; Veronesi, Giovanni; Vioque, Jesus; Virtanen, Jyrkik; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie; Vollenweider, Peter; Voutilainen, Sari; Vrijheid, Martine; Wagner, Aline; Wagner, Anne; Wang, Ming Dong; Wang, Qian; Xingwang, Ya; Wannamethee, S. Goya; Wei, Wenbin; Wiecek, Andrzej; Willeit, Johann; Willeit, Peter; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Wong, Andrew; Woodward, Mark; Giwercmanwu, Aleksander; Wu, Frederick C.; Wu, Shouling; Xu, Haiquan; Xu, Liang; Yan, Weili; Yang, Xiaoguang; Ye, Xingwang; Yoshihara, Akihiro; Zambon, Sabina; Zhao, Wenhua (2020-02-01)
    Background: Although high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and non-HDL cholesterol have opposite associations with coronary heart disease, multi-country reports of lipid trends only use total cholesterol (TC). Our aim was to compare trends in total, HDL and ...
  • Taddei, Cristina; Jackson, Rod; Zhou, Bin; Bixby, Honor; Danaei, Goodarz; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Hajifathalian, Kaveh; Bentham, James; Bennett, James E.; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Cifkova, Renata; Dallongeville, Jean; Debacquer, Dirk; Giampaoli, Simona; Guðnason, Vilmundur G.; Khang, Young Ho; Laatikainen, Tiina; Mann, Jimi; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Mensah, Georgea; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Petkeviciene, Janina; Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando; Servais, Jennifer; Söderberg, Stefan; Stavreski, Bill; Wilsgaard, Tom; Zdrojewski, Tomasz; Zhao, Dong; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Savin, Stefan; Cowan, Melanie J.; Riley, Leanne M.; Ezzati, Majid; Adams, Robert J.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Amouyel, Philippe; Amuzu, Antoinette; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Ariansen, Inger; Arveiler, Dominique; Aspelund, Thor; Auvinen, Juha; Avdicová, Mária; Banach, Maciej; Bandosz, Piotr; Banegas, José R.; Barbagallo, Carlo M.; Bata, Iqbal; Baur, Louise A.; Beaglehole, Robert; Bernotiene, Gailute; Bi, Yufang; Bienek, Asako; Björkelund, Cecilia; Bo, Simona; Boehm, Bernhard O.; Bonaccio, Marialaura; Bongard, Vanina; Borchini, Rossana; Borghs, Herman; Breckenkamp, Juergen; Brenner, Hermann; Bruno, Graziella; Busch, Markusa; Cabreradeleón, Antonio; Capuano, Vincenzo; Casanueva, Felipe F.; Casas, Juan Pablo; Caserta, Carmelo A.; Censi, Laura; Chen, Fangfang; Chen, Shuohua; Chirlaque, María Dolores; Cho, Belong; Cho, Yumi; Chudek, Jerzy; Claessens, Frank; Clarke, Janine; Clays, Els; Cooper, Cyrus; Costanzo, Simona; Cottel, Dominique; Cowell, Chris; Crujeiras, Ana B.; Cui, Liufu; D'Arrigo, Graziella; Dauchet, Luc; De Backer, Guy; De Bacquer, Dirk; De Gaetano, Giovanni; De Henauw, Stefaan; De Smedt, Delphine; Dennison, Elaine; Deschamps, Valérie; Dicastelnuovo, Augusto; Dobson, Annette J.; Donfrancesco, Chiara; Döring, Angela; Drygas, Wojciech; Du, Yong; Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Elzbieta; Eggertsen, Robert; Ekelund, Ulf; Elosua, Roberto; Eriksson, Johan G.; Evans, Alun; Faeh, David; Felix-Redondo, Francisco J.; Fernández-Bergés, Daniel; Ferrari, Marika; Ferrieres, Jean; Finn, Joseph D.; Forslund, Ann Sofie; Forsner, Maria; Frontera, Guillermo; Fujita, Yuki; Gaciong, Zbigniew; Galvano, Fabio; Gao, Jingli; Garcia-De-La-Hera, Manoli; Garnett, Sarahp; Gaspoz, Jean Michel; Gasull, Magda; Gates, Louise; Gianfagna, Francesco; Gill, Tiffany K.; Giovannelli, Jonathan; Goltzman, David; Gonzalezgross, Marcela; Gottrand, Frederic; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Grafnetter, Dušan; Gregor, Ronald D.; Grodzicki, Tomasz; Grosso, Giuseppe; Gruden, Grabriella; Gu, Dongfeng; Guallar-Castillón, Pilar; Gudmundsson, Elias F.; Guessous, Idris; Gunnlaugsdottir, Johanna; Gutzwiller, Felix; Hardy, Rebecca; Hata, Jun; Haugsgjerd, Teresa; Hayes, Alison J.; He, Jiang; He, Yuna; Herrala, Sauli; Tapanihihtaniemi, Ilpo; Hobbs, Michael; Hopman, Wilma M.; Maríahuerta, José; Huybrechts, Inge; Iacoviello, Licia; Iannone, Anna G.; Ikeda, Nayu; Iwasaki, Masanori; Jamrozik, Konrad; Janszky, Imre; Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta; Jasienska, Grazyna; Jennings, Garry; Jeong, Seung Lyeal; Qiangjiang, Chao; Joffres, Michel; Jokelainen, Jari J.; Jonas, Jost B.; Jóźwiak, Jacek; Kajantie, Eero O.; Kauhanen, Jussi; Keil, Ulrich; Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka; Kersting, Mathilde; Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Ursula; Kiechl, Stefan; Kim, Jeongseon; Kim, Yeon Yong; Klumbiene, Jurate; Knoflach, Michael; Ko, Stephanie; Kolle, Elin; Korpelainen, Raija; Koskinen, Seppo; Kouda, Katsuyasu; Kratzer, Wolfgang; Kriemler, Susi; Krokstad, Steinar; Kujala, Urhom; Kurjata, Pawel; Hinglam, Tai; Lanska, Vera; Lappas, Georg; Laugsand, Lars E.; Lee, Jeonghee; Lehtimäki, Terho; Li, Yanping; Lilly, Christa L.; Lin, Xu; Lind, Lars; Lissner, Lauren; Liu, Jing; Lopez-Garcia, Esther; Lorbeer, Roberto; Eugeniolozano, José; Luksiene, Dalia; Lundqvist, Annamari; Lundqvist, Robert; Lytsy, Per; Ma, Guansheng; Machi, Suka; Maggi, Stefania; Magliano, Dianna J.; Mann, Jim I.; Manzato, Enzo; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; McLachlan, Stela; McLean, Rachael M.; Scott, B. S.; Meirhaeghe, Aline; Christa, C.; Metcalf, Patricia; Mi, Jie; Miller, Jody C.; Moreno, Luisa; Morin, Suzanne; Mossakowska, Malgorzata; Muiesan, Maria L.; Mursu, Jaakko; Nakamura, Harunobu; Námešná, Jana; Matthias, M.; Marianavarrete-Muñoz, Eva; Neal, William A.; Nenko, Ilona; Niiranen, Teemu J.; Ning, Guang; Noale, Marianna; Norie, Sawada; Noto, Davide; O'Neill, Terence; O'Reilly, Dermot; Oh, Kyungwon; Olafsson, Örn; Michelpaccaud, Fred; Pajak, Andrzej; Palmieri, Luigi; Panza, Francesco; Parnell, Winsome R.; Peltonen, Markku; Peters, Annette; Petersmann, Astrid; Pigeot, Iris; Pilotto, Lorenza; Piwonska, Aleksandra; Plans-Rubió, Pedro; Porta, Miquel; Price, Jacqueline F.; Puder, Jardena J.; Puhakka, Soilee; Radisauskas, Ricardas; Raitakari, Olli; Ramos, Rafel; Redon, Josep; Rigo, Fernando; Rodriguez-Perez, Maríadel Cristo; Romaguera, Dora; Ronkainen, Kimmo; Rosengren, Annika; Roy, Joel G.R.; Ruidavets, Jean Bernard; Rutkowski, Marcin; Salanave, Benoit; Salmerón, Diego; Salomaa, Veikko; Salonen, Jukka T.; Salvetti, Massimo; Sans, Susana; Saramies, Jouko L.; Saum, Kai Uwe; Scheidt-Nave, Christa; Schienkiewitz, Anja; Schipf, Sabine; Schmidt, Carsteno; Schöttker, Ben; Sebert, Sylvain; Sen, Abhijit; Shaw, Jonathan E.; Shibuya, Kenji; Wookshin, Dong; Shiri, Rahman; Simons, Judith; Simons, Leon A.; Sjöström, Michael; Slowikowska-Hilczer, Jolanta; Slusarczyk, Przemyslaw; Solfrizzi, Vincenzo; Sonestedt, Emily; Soumare, Aicha; Staessen, Jan A.; Stathopoulou, Maria G.; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Stehle, Peter; Stieber, Jutta; Stöckl, Doris; Stokwiszewski, Jakub; Sundström, Johan; Suriyawongpaisal, Paibul; Tamosiunas, Abdonas; Jootan, Eng; Taylor, Anne; Tell, Grethe; Thijs, Lutgarde; Tolonen, Hanna K.; Topór-Madry, Roman; Josétormo, María; Torrent, Maties; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Tzourio, Christophe; Uusitalo, Hannu M.T.; Vanherck, Koen; Vanderschueren, Dirk; Vanuzzo, Diego; Vatten, Lars; Vega, Tomas; Veronesi, Giovanni; Vioque, Jesus; Virtanen, Jyrkik; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie; Vollenweider, Peter; Voutilainen, Sari; Vrijheid, Martine; Wagner, Aline; Wagner, Anne; Wang, Ming Dong; Wang, Qian; Xingwang, Ya; Wannamethee, S. Goya; Wei, Wenbin; Wiecek, Andrzej; Willeit, Johann; Willeit, Peter; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Wong, Andrew; Woodward, Mark; Giwercmanwu, Aleksander; Wu, Frederick C.; Wu, Shouling; Xu, Haiquan; Xu, Liang; Yan, Weili; Yang, Xiaoguang; Ye, Xingwang; Yoshihara, Akihiro; Zambon, Sabina; Zhao, Wenhua (2020-02-01)
    Background: Although high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and non-HDL cholesterol have opposite associations with coronary heart disease, multi-country reports of lipid trends only use total cholesterol (TC). Our aim was to compare trends in total, HDL and ...
  • Bindesbøll, Christian; Aas, Aleksander; Ogmundsdottir, Margret H; Pankiv, Serhiy; Reine, Trine; Zoncu, Roberto; Simonsen, Anne (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-03-11)
    Dysregulated cholesterol homeostasis promotes the pathology of atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and strokes. Cellular cholesterol is mainly regulated at the transcriptional level by SREBP2, but also through uptake of extracellular cholesterol ...
  • Helgadottir, Anna; sulem, patrick; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Jensson, Brynjar Örn; Arnadottir, Gudny; Olafsson, Isleifur; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurdardottir, Olof; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-03-27)
    Aims Scavenger receptor Class B Type 1 (SR-BI) is a major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) that promotes hepatic uptake of cholesterol from HDL. A rare mutation p.P376L, in the gene encoding SR-BI, SCARB1, was recently reported to associate ...
  • Aspelund, Thor; Gudnason, Vilmundur (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-06-03)
    High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries1,2. However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly throughout the world3 and countries are using lipid-lowering medications ...