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The anatomy of a VAP test report
atherosclerosis,
cardiovascular disease,
Friedewald LDL equation,
HDL,
intima-media thickness,
Iranian LDL equation,
LDL,
VAP test,
VLDL
The vertical auto profile (VAP) test is an enhanced lipid profile test. It has been proposed, chiefly by the company Atherotech ( ), as a mo...
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What should be my HDL cholesterol?
HDL cholesterol levels are a rough measure of HDL particle quantity in the blood. They actually tell us next to nothing about HDL particle t...
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Familial hypercholesteromia: Why rely on cholesterol levels when more direct measures are available?
cholesterol,
familial hypercholesteromia,
Friedewald LDL equation,
genes,
genetics,
HDL,
intima-media thickness,
Iranian LDL equation,
LDL,
plaque
There are two forms of familial hypercholesteromia (FH), namely heterozygous and homozygous FH. In heterozygous FH only one copy of the gene...
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Large LDL and small HDL particles: The best combination
This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below.
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Want to improve your cholesterol profile? Replace refined carbs and sugars with saturated fat and cholesterol in your diet
An interesting study by Clifton and colleagues (1998; full reference and link at the end of this post) looked at whether LDL cholesterol par...
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The China Study II: Cholesterol seems to protect against cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease,
China Study,
cholesterol,
HDL,
LDL,
multivariate analysis,
research,
statistics,
VLDL,
warppls
First of all, many thanks are due to Dr. Campbell and his collaborators for collecting and compiling the data used in this analysis. This da...
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