A nurse practitioner is instructing a group of older adults about the risks associated with high cholesterol. Which of the following teaching points should the participants try to integrate into their lifestyle after the teaching session?
A)
"Remember the 'H' in HDL and the 'L' in LDL correspond to high danger and low danger to your health."
B)
"Having high cholesterol increases your risk of developing diabetes and irregular heart rate."
C)
"Smoking and being overweight increases your risk of primary hypercholesterolemia."
D)
"Your family history of hypercholesterolemia is important, but there are things you can do to compensate for a high inherited risk."
Ans:
D
Feedback:
There is a genetic basis to high cholesterol, but lifestyle modification can compensate for many of the increased risks. LDL is more deleterious to health than HDL, and diabetes contributes to high cholesterol but not necessarily vice versa. Hypercholesterolemia resulting from other factors is secondary rather than primary.
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