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Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, not protective in the presence of homocysteinemia

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  • 1Cholesterol, Genetics and Heart Disease Institute, San Mateo, California 94402, USA.

Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is considered a protective factor for atherosclerosis. Very high density lipoprotein cholesterol is not necessarily protective in the setting of elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations.

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