Cholesterol screening

Launders N, Richards-Belle A, Hardoon S, Osborn DPJ, Hayes JF

PH1655 / 3421 Clinical-Coded Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Phenotype Type
    Biomarker
    Sex
    Both
    Valid Event Date Range
    No data
    Coding System
    EMIS codesRead codes v2
    Data Sources
    CPRD GOLD
    CPRD Aurum
    Collections
    DATAMIND
    Tags
    No data
    Ontology
    No data

  2. Definition

    This phenotype describes whether a patient has had cholesterol screening activity recorded in primary care. It includes codes that denote screening has happened as well as codes which have associated total cholesterol or total:HDL ratio or for which these can be calculated.

  3. Implementation

    Implementation

    This phenotype denotes that a screening activity has occurred, either through presence of a "screening" code or through presence of a valid cholesterol value being recorded in any of the "value" variables. Valid measures were defined as 1.75 to 20 mmol/L for total cholesterol, 1 to 70 mmol/L for total cholesterol to HDL ratio, 0.3 to 4.7 mmol/L for HDL, 0.1 to 25 mmol/L for triglycerides, 0.26 to 10.3 mmol/L for LDL and 0.26 to 20 mmol/L for non-HDL cholesterol. Further information on the implementation of these codes can be found in the DATAMIND SMI and cardiovascular risk factor report: [https://datamind.org.uk/data/harmonised-data/smi-cohorts/]

  4. Clinical Code List

  5. Publication

    Related publications

    No known publications

    Citation Example

    Launders N, Richards-Belle A, Hardoon S, Osborn DPJ, Hayes JF. PH1655 / 3421 - Cholesterol screening. Phenotype Library [Online]. 19 June 2024. Available from: http://phenotypes.healthdatagateway.org/phenotypes/PH1655/version/3421/detail/. [Accessed 27 May 2025]

  6. Permissions

  7. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH1655/version/3421/detail/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get details of phenotype

    phenotype_details = client$phenotypes$get_detail(
     'PH1655',
     version_id=3421
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get codelist of phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client.phenotypes.get_detail(
     'PH1655',
     version_id=3421
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH1655/version/3421/export/codes/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get codelist of phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client$phenotypes$get_codelist(
     'PH1655',
     version_id=3421
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get codelist of phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client.phenotypes.get_codelist(
     'PH1655',
     version_id=3421
    )

  8. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Cholesterol screening nlaunders2024-06-26 10:55