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Samia Mora1, Michael P Caulfield2, Jay Wohlgemuth2

  • 1From the Divisions of Preventive (S.M., R.J.G., P.MR.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (S.M., P.MR.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, CA (M.P.C., J.W., Z.C., C.M.R.); Cholesterol, Genetics, and Heart Disease Institute, Carmel, CA (H.R.S.); and Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA (R.M.K.). smora@partners.org.

Circulation
|September 27, 2015
PubMed
概括

低低密度脂蛋白胆固醇 (LDL- C) 不总是表明心血管疾病 (CVD) 的风险较低. 非HDL胆固醇和特定的LDL分数可以更好地预测低LDL胆固醇患者的心血管疾病事件.

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