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Relationship of the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio to the remainder of the lipid profile: The Very Large Database of Lipids-4 (VLDL-4) study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2015
Quispe Renato, Manalac Raoul J, Faridi Kamil F, Blaha Michael J, Toth Peter P, Kulkarni Krishnaji R, Nasir Khurram, Virani Salim S, Banach Maciej, Blumenthal Roger S, Martin Seth S, Jones Steven R
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BACKGROUND: High levels of the triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio are associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated variability in the remaining lipid profile, especially remnant lipoprotein particle cholesterol (RLP-C) and its components (very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol subfraction 3 and intermediate-density lipoprotein...
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