Article
Smaller, denser LDL particles are not a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in healthy nonagenarian women of the Cremona Population Study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 1998
Ruotolo G, Tettamanti C, Garancini M P, Ragogna F, Derosa G, Nardecchia L, Parlato F, Pozza G
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated LDL particle size and its relation with other established risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a group of healthy nonagenarian ( > or = 90 years) women participating in the Cremona Population Study. A group of younger healthy postmenopausal women (45-75 years) was used as contr...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Apolipoprotein A-II
- Apolipoproteins E
- Body Mass Index
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Italy
- Lipoproteins, LDL
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors