Epidemiology of lipids, lipid management, and risk for coronary heart disease : an overview -- Vascular biology and atherogenesis -- Detection, evaluation, and treatment goals for lipid disorders in adults -- Therapeutic lifestyle changes in the management of lipid disorders and the metabolic syndrome -- Management of elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol -- Management of elevated triglycerides and non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol -- Management of depressed high-density lipoprotein cholesterol -- Lipid management in population subsets : women, the elderly, ethnic minorities, children, and adolescents -- Emerging risk factors and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease -- A primer on clinical trials and critical review of clinical trial reports for the clinician -- Case studies