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Informe de la Conferencia sobre el colesterol bajo en sangre: asociaciones de mortalidad
Circulation
|September 1, 1992
Resumen
La relación en forma de U entre el colesterol total y la mortalidad observada en los hombres es compleja. Si bien el colesterol alto aumenta el riesgo de enfermedad cardíaca, el colesterol bajo puede estar relacionado con otras causas de muerte, lo que requiere más investigación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Epidemiología cardiovascular y epidemiología cardiovascular.
- La bioestadística es la bioestadística.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- Una conferencia NHLBI de 1990 convocó a expertos para analizar las relaciones de colesterol y mortalidad en forma de U de 19 estudios de cohorte.
- Se revisaron datos de diversas cohortes internacionales (Estados Unidos, Europa, Israel, Japón), centrándose en el colesterol total (TC) y las tasas de mortalidad.
- Los modelos estadísticos ajustados para los factores de confusión clave, incluida la edad, la presión arterial, el tabaquismo, el IMC y la ingesta de alcohol.
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