High Cholesterol Causes WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on High Cholesterol Causes
There are various factors which may lead to high cholesterol. For many people, the main cause may be heredity and a diet high in fat. Other factors that can play a role in causing high cholesterol may include being overweight, lack of physical activity, and smoking.1
Fast Facts:
- Certain medications such as thiazide diuretics, beta-blockers, estrogen, and corticosteroids can cause high cholesterol.2
- Diseases that can cause high cholesterol include diabetes, other metabolic disorders, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease, or other kidney problems, and cirrhosis.2
- Though rare, some cases of high cholesterol are caused by an inherited lipid disorder.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ eMedicineHealth: High Cholesterol Information - High Cholesterol Causes
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Healthwise (via WebMD): High Cholesterol - Cause
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: High cholesterol cause, Cause of high cholesterol, Causes of high cholesterol, What causes of high cholesterol, High clorestrol causes
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
