Assessment of ethnic inequalities in diagnostic coding of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH): A cross-sectional database study in Lambeth, South London.

Background And Aims: Differences in the perceived prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) by ethnicity are unclear. In this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence, determinants and management of diagnostically-coded FH in an ethnically diverse population in South London.

Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of 40 practices in 332,357 adult patients in Lambeth was undertaken.

Digital health RCT interventions for cardiovascular disease risk reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Unlabelled: Heart disease is a leading cause of UK mortality. Evidence suggests digital health interventions (DHIs), such as smartphone applications, may reduce cardiovascular risk, but no recent reviews are available. This review examined the effect of DHIs on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk scores in patients with increased CVD risk, compared to usual care alone.