In people who have never had a cardiovascular accident, we talk about prevenirea primară.

Simptomele bolii

Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia are not accompanied by any symptoms. When symptoms appear, the arteries have already lost 75% to 90% of their diameter.

• durere chest (angina attack) or lower limbs.

Persoanele în pericol

• Oameni cu istorie de familie hypercholesterolemia or early cardiovascular disease (before age 55 in first generation men such as father or brother, or under 65 in first generation women such as mother or sister);
• People who have an inherited form of high cholesterol:hipercolesterolemie familie și familie. Because of what is called the founder effect, it particularly affects certain populations : Lebanese, Afrikaners, Tunisians, Ashkenazi Jews of Lithuanian origin, Finns from North Karelia and French-speaking Quebecers;
• The men of peste 50 ani;
• Femeile din peste 60 ani and those who have had premature menopause; lower estrogen levels after menopause tend to increase total cholesterol and LDL (“bad cholesterol”) levels.
• fumători;
• people with diabetes and / or hypertension.