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Small dense LDL cholesterol in human subjects with different chronic inflammatory diseases.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Nov 2018
Schulte D M, Paulsen K, Türk K, Brandt B, Freitag-Wolf S, Hagen I, Zeuner R, Schröder J O, Lieb W, Franke A, Nikolaus S, Mrowietz U, Gerdes S, Schreiber S, Laudes M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Chronic inflammatory diseases (CID) are associated with a profound increase in cardiovascular (CV) risk resulting in reduced life expectancy. However, LDL-cholesterol is reported to be low in CID patients which is referred to as the "LDL paradoxon". The aim of the present study was to investigate whether LDL-particles in CID exhibit an increased content of the highly atherogenic small-dense...
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