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Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Additional Information:
This represents a decrease of 9 percentage points from 1988-1994, when 21 percent of American adults had high blood cholesterol.
Reference:
For more information, read the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis,
"Heart Disease and Stroke."
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