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Archived pages about blood cholesterol: the ATP III guidelines and risk calculator, the cholesterol education month kits, and the booklets on lowering cholesterol.

This page lists 28 items on the topic. Each line says what the page it leads to contains. Publications are listed when the text of the booklet itself was recovered; archived pages are listed when they hold at least a few hundred words of their own. Everything here is archived reference material, not current guidance.

Guides

New editorial guides written for this site, with cited current sources. They are not archived material.

How to Read Cholesterol Test Results: The Cut-Points: Adult cut-points: total cholesterol under 200 mg/dL, LDL under 100, HDL 60 or higher, triglycerides under 150. How to read each line of a lipid panel.

Tools

10-year CVD Risk Calculator: Estimates the 10-year risk of a heart attack or coronary death from age, sex, cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking, with the ATP III quick desk reference reproduced beneath it.

Publications with full text (8)

At-A-Glance: What You Need To Know About High Blood Cholesterol: Publication, item 09-7424: the catalog record and the full text, about 850 words.
ATP III At-A-Glance: Quick Desk Reference: Publication, item 3305: the catalog record and the full text, about 1,500 words.
Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of the High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (JAMA reprint): Publication, item 01-3096: the catalog record and the full text, about 10,100 words.
Healthy Heart, Healthy Family - Be Heart Smart: Keep Your Cholesterol in Check/Malusog na Puso, Malusog na Pamilya - Maging Matalino sa Pangangalaga ng Puso: Panatilihing Nasusuri ang lyong Kolesterol: Publication, item 08-6347: the catalog record and the full text, about 3,300 words.
Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes - Do You Know Your Cholesterol Levels?/Corazones sanos, hogares saludables - ¿Cómo están sus niveles de colesterol?: Publication, item 08-6353: the catalog record and the full text, about 3,700 words.
High Blood Cholesterol - What You Need to Know: Publication, item 05-3290: the catalog record and the full text, about 2,600 words.
Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of the High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III): Executive Summary: Publication, item 3670: the catalog record and the full text, about 10,100 words.
Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC): Publication, item 06-5235: the catalog record and the full text, about 19,100 words.

Archived pages (19)

2010 National Cholesterol Education Month: Archived page from a 2010 copy, about 5,800 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
2010 National Cholesterol Education Month: Archived page from a 2010 copy, about 5,800 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
Archived page: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 880 words, in the old site's /ncep_slds/ section.
Archived page: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 450 words, in the old site's /ncep_slds/ section.
Archived page: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 910 words, in the old site's /ncep_slds/ section.
Archived page: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 420 words, in the old site's /ncep_slds/ section.
Archived page: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 670 words, in the old site's /ncep_slds/ section.
Archived page: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 560 words, in the old site's /ncep_slds/ section.
ATP III Palm OS Application: Archived page from a 2015 copy, about 430 words, in the old site's /atpiii/ section.
ATP III: Third Report of the NCEP Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults: Archived page from a 2007 copy, about 360 words, in the old site's /projects/ section.
Know Your Numbers - Know Your Risk: 10 Great Ideas for Promoting National Cholesterol Education Month (2007 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit): Archived page from a 2007 copy, about 360 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
Know Your Numbers - Know Your Risk: 10 Great Ideas for Promoting National Cholesterol Education Month (2007 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit): Archived page from a 2007 copy, about 570 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
Know Your Numbers - Know Your Risk: Drop-in Article (2003 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit): Archived page from a 2003 copy, about 1,600 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
Know Your Numbers - Know Your Risk: Feature Article (2002 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit): Archived page from a 2003 copy, about 440 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
Know Your Numbers - Know Your Risk: Welcome Letter (2002 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit): Archived page from a 2004 copy, about 700 words, in the old site's /cholmonth/ section.
Medical Conference on Cholesterol Management: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 540 words, in the old site's /cholesterol/ section.
Medical Conference on Cholesterol Management: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 390 words, in the old site's /cholesterol/ section.
Medical Conference on Cholesterol Management: Archived page from a 2009 copy, about 500 words, in the old site's /cholesterol/ section.
Medical Conference on Cholesterol Management--Webcast Information: Archived page from a 2013 copy, about 700 words, in the old site's /cholesterol/ section.