“…This lack of awareness and treatment may be due to difficulties accessing primary care, low rates of screening in primary care, lack of consensus on screening recommendations, insufficient emphasis on LDL-C as a quality measure, and hesitance to treat asymptomatic individuals. This survey-based analysis was limited by a small number of participants with LDL-C levels of 190 mg/dL or greater, possible nonresponse bias, and dependency on participant recall of whether LDL-C was previously measured.…”