[The "second atherogenic phenotype" or the role of insulin resistance in vascular risk].

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[The "second atherogenic phenotype" or the role of insulin resistance in vascular risk].

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux - 1 Oct 1998

Ziegler O, Guerci B, Drouin P

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LDL cholesterol is the principal vascular risk factor but it is not the only one. Paradoxically, the atherogenic role of triglycerides or that of metabolic abnormalities of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins has been underestimated. It is convenient to use the term "second atherogenic phenotype" for...

Topics

Arteriosclerosis
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cholesterol, LDL
Coronary Disease
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia
Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined
Hypertriglyceridemia
Phenotype
Risk Factors

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