Triglyceride, small, dense low-density lipoprotein, and the atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype.

doi:10.1007/s11883-000-0021-4

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Triglyceride, small, dense low-density lipoprotein, and the atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype.

Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 May 2000

Austin M A

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This review provides an overview of the recent data evaluating triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) size, two highly interrelated, genetically influenced, risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). An examination of new epidemiologic studies continues to demonstrate that plasma triglyceride levels predict CVD. The first prospective study of the familial forms of hypertriglyceridemia has shown that...

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