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LCAT, HDL cholesterol and ischemic cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study of HDL cholesterol in 54,500 individuals.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2012
Haase Christiane L, Tybjærg-Hansen Anne, Qayyum Abbas Ali, Schou Jesper, Nordestgaard Børge G, Frikke-Schmidt Ruth
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologically, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels associate inversely with risk of ischemic cardiovascular disease. Whether this is a causal relation is unclear. METHODS: We studied 10,281 participants in the Copenhagen City Heart Study (CCHS) and 50,523 participants in the Copenhagen General Population Study (CGPS), of which 991 and 1,693 participants, respectively, had developed...
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