Este guia sobre colesterol foi produzido pelo Editorial Médico utilizando fontes nacionais e internacionais de confiança para apresentar informações atualizadas e respaldadas em consensos e pesquisas médicas. Dentre as fontes científicas utilizadas estão:
- Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Merz CN, Brewer HB Jr, Clark LT, Hunninghake DB, Pasternak RC, Smith SC Jr, Stone NJ. Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Circulation 2004 Jul 13;110(2):227-39.
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services. Third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). Bethesda (MD): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; 2001 May.