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campaign CHICAGO — In a study involving more than 16,000 U.S.
children and adolescents, there has been a decrease in average
total cholesterol levels over the past two decades, although
almost 1-in-10 subjects had elevated total cholesterol in the
2007-2010 period, according to a study published in the Aug. 8
issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The
process of [hardening of the arteries] begins during childhood
and is associated with … high concentrations of low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), non-high-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (non-HDL-C), and triglycerides, and low
concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C),"
according to background information i