High-density lipoprotein (HDL): This is often referred to as "good" cholesterol as it absorbs excess cholesterol in the blood and carries it back to the liver to be flushed from the body. As a general rule, you want more HDL to lower your risk for heart disease and stroke. The combina...
The chart here displays 5 cholesterol readings: total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides and also VLDL cholesterol. It also displays the healthy range, along with risk zones pertaining to each one. To sum up, the recommended measurements for the total cholesterol are below 200. As for triglyce...
Just knowing your total cholesterol isn't enough. Not only does the total cholesterol number need to be normal but HDL and LDL numbers need to be in the appropriate range. Normal total cholesterol associated with a high LDL may still increase the risk ofheart diseaseand stroke.Triglyceride leve...
After a 5-wk National Cholesterol Education Program Step I diet lead-in period, 112 subjects incorporated one of two treatments into their diets for 6 wk: food products (cereal, snack bar and beverage) that provided 1.8 g TOP and 2.8 g β-glucan/d and contained ≤3.0 g total fat and ...
BACKGROUND: High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are a strong inverse predictor of cardiovascular events. However, it is not clear whether this association is maintained at very low levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. METHODS: A post hoc analysis of the...
The causal relation between elevated levels of LDL-C and cardiovascular disease has been largely established by experimental and clinical studies. Thus, the reduction of LDL-C levels is a major target for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. In the
Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) are the most widely used drugs for lowering cholesterol. Over the past 25 years, there has been increasingly great interest in the antitumour effects of statins, and laboratory research suggests that statins show an inhibitory ...
(Q) The levels of LDL-cholesterol in mouse plasma after 3 days of feeding with chow diet and mature MIR168a or ncRNA (n = 8). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. the control group (0 d) were obtained from mice that had undergone a 12-h period of fasting. It has been found that fasting...
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 1,501 patients with diabetes and CHD, with LDL cholesterol levels of <130 mg/dl, were randomized to double-blind therapy with either atorvastatin 10 (n = 753) or 80 (n = 748) mg/day. Patients were followed for a median of 4.9 years. The ...
HDL cholesterol, very low levels of LDL cholesterol, and cardiovascular events. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1301-1310.Barter P, Gotto AM, LaRosa JC, Maroni J, Szarek M, Grundy SM, Kastelein JJ, Bittner V, Fruchart JC. HDL cholesterol, very low levels of LDL cholesterol, and cardiovascular...