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Association of Lipid Fractions With Risks for Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes.
JAMA cardiology - 1 Sept 2016
White Jon, Swerdlow Daniel I, Preiss David, Fairhurst-Hunter Zammy, Keating Brendan J, Asselbergs Folkert W, Sattar Naveed, Humphries Steve E, Hingorani Aroon D, Holmes Michael V
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is causally related to coronary artery disease (CAD), but the relevance of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides (TGs) is uncertain. Lowering of LDL-C levels by statin therapy modestly increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, but it is unknown whether this effect is specific to statins. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations of 3...
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