Remnant Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Jackson Heart and Framingham Offspring Cohort Studies

Remnant Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Jackson Heart and Framingham Offspring Cohort Studies

BackgroundRemnant lipoproteins (RLPs), the triglyceride‐enriched precursors to low‐density lipoprotein, are an emerging risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). We sought to determine the association of RLP cholesterol (RLP‐C) levels with incident CHD in 2 diverse, prospective, longitudinal obs...

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Main Authors: Parag H. Joshi, Arif A. Khokhar, Joseph M. Massaro, Seth T. Lirette, Michael E. Griswold, Seth S. Martin, Michael J. Blaha, Krishnaji R. Kulkarni, Adolfo Correa, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Steven R. Jones, Peter P. Toth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
coronary heart disease
lipids
primary prevention
remnant lipoprotein cholesterol
triglycerides
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.002765

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