Effect of rising serum cholesterol on risks of cardiovascular disease in modern China

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Cardiovascular disease is increasing in prevalence in modern China [ 1 Cheng T.O. The current state of cardiology in China. Int J Cardiol. 2004; 96: 425-439 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (86) Google Scholar , 2 Cheng TO. The deteriorating cardiovascular health in China in the past decade. Int J Cardiol, in press. Google Scholar ]. Of the many risk factors that contribute to the deteriorating cardiovascular health in China in recent years, one is the rising serum cholesterol [ 1 Cheng T.O. The current state of cardiology in China. Int J Cardiol. 2004; 96: 425-439 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (86) Google Scholar , 2 Cheng TO. The deteriorating cardiovascular health in China in the past decade. Int J Cardiol, in press. Google Scholar , 3 Cheng T.O. The international textbook of cardiology. Pergamon Press, New York1987: 12 Google Scholar , 4 Chen G.W. Cheng T.O. The textbook of modern cardiology. 2nd ed. Hunan Science & Technology Press, China2002: 1546 Google Scholar , 5 Cheng T.O. Low cholesterol values are no longer common in China. Eur Heart J. 2004; 25: 184 Crossref PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar , 6 Cheng T.O. Rising incidence of coronary artery disease in China in parallel with rising ‘normal’ plasma cholesterol levels. Atherosclerosis. 2004; 173: 371 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar , 7 Cheng T.O. Rising cholesterol levels in China. Int J Cardiol. 2005; 105: 332-333 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (9) Google Scholar , 8 Cheng T.O. Effects of fast foods, rising blood pressure and increasing serum cholesterol on cardiovascular disease in China. Am J Cardiol. 2006; 97: 1676-1678 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (14) Google Scholar ]. However, most of the published reports and conclusions were based upon retrospective studies. It was only very recently that such an association was conclusively proven by prospective studies, one of which was reported recently [ [9] Wang W. Zhao D. Liu J. et al. Serum total cholesterol and 10-year cardiovascular risk in a Chinese cohort aged 35–64 years. Chin J Cardiol. 2006; 34: 169-173 Google Scholar ]. Because the report appeared in Chinese in the Chinese Journal of Cardiology, a journal seldom read outside of China, I wish to call to the attention of the international readers of this journal some of the salient features in the report that are highly significant. Corrigendum to “Effect of rising serum cholesterol on risk of cardiovascular disease in modern China” [International Journal of Cardiology 119/1 (2007) 1–2]International Journal of CardiologyVol. 133Issue 3PreviewThe author regrets that there was an error in the labeling of the ordinate of Figs. 1 and 2 in this article. The corrected figures are printed below. Full-Text PDF