Tag Archives: High density lipoprotein cholesterol

Is Isolated Low HDL-C a CVD Risk Factor?: New Insights from the Framingham Offspring Study

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Is Isolated Low HDL-C a CVD Risk Factor?: New Insights from the Framingham Offspring Study

Is Isolated Low HDL-C a CVD Risk Factor?: New Insights from the Framingham Offspring Study Jacquelaine Bartlett, MS,#1 Irene M. Predazzi, PhD,#2 Scott M. Williams, PhD,1 William S. Bush, PhD, MS,3Yeunjung Kim, MD, MPH,4 Stephen Havas, MD, MPH, MS,5 Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD,6 Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD,2 andMichael Miller, MD7     Abstract Background— While the inverse association between high-density lipoprotein […]

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HDL cholesterol and bone mineral density: Is there a genetic link?

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HDL cholesterol and bone mineral density: Is there a genetic link?

HDL cholesterol and bone mineral density: Is there a genetic link? Cheryl L. Ackert-Bicknell   Abstract Overwhelming evidence has linked cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, but the shared root cause of these two diseases of the elderly remains unknown. Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) and bone mineral density (BMD) are risk factors for cardiovascular […]

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