Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Cardiovascular Disease: The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study

Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Cardiovascular Disease: The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study

(1) Background and Aims: Efforts to reduce coronary artery disease (CAD) by raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C) have not been uniformly successful. A more important factor than HDL-C may be cellular cholesterol efflux mediated by HDL, which has been shown to be associated with...

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Main Authors: Andreas Ritsch, Angela Duerr, Patrick Kahler, Monika Hunjadi, Tatjana Stojakovic, Guenther Silbernagel, Hubert Scharnagl, Marcus E. Kleber, Winfried März
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
high-density lipoprotein
cholesterol efflux capacity
cardiovascular risk
mortality
dysfunctional HDL
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/8/11/524

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