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- noun Plural form of
xanthelasma .
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Examples
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These are cholesterol deposits called xanthelasmata, and they could save your life.
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As people age, flat yellowish plaques called xanthelasmata often appear on the eyelids near the nose and are usually removed for cosmetic reasons.
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Half of patients with such deposits, a condition called xanthelasmata, actually have normal cholesterol levels.
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After adjusting for established cardiovascular risk factors, subjects with xanthelasmata had a significantly higher risk of heart attack, heart disease, atherosclerosis and death than plaque-free subjects.
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Caveat: The diagnosis of xanthelasmata and arcus corneae was based on a visual inspection, and milder cases may have been missed, researchers said.
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The risk for women age 70 to 79 with and without xanthelasmata was 35% and 27% respectively.
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The risk of ischaemic heart disease was highest in men age 70 to 79 with xanthelasmata: 53% compared with 41% for plaque-free subjects.
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In societies where other cardiovascular disease risk factors can't be readily measured, presence of xanthelasmata may be a useful predictor of underlying atherosclerotic disease
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Specifically, xanthelasmata was linked to a 51 percent bump in the risk for a heart attack and a 40 percent rise in the risk for ischemic heart disease.
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