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Is Isolated Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor? New Insights From the Framingham Offspring Study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes - 1 May 2016
Bartlett Jacquelaine, Predazzi Irene M, Williams Scott M, Bush William S, Kim Yeunjung, Havas Stephen, Toth Peter P, Fazio Sergio, Miller Michael
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BACKGROUND: Although the inverse association between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been long established, it remains unclear whether low HDL-C remains a CVD risk factor when levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides (TG) are not elevated. This is a timely issue because recent studies have questioned whether HDL-C is truly an...
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