| Literature DB >> 22945326 |
Benoit J Arsenault1, Jean-Pierre Després.
Abstract
The concept that raising HDL-cholesterol level will uniformly translate into cardiovascular risk reduction has been challenged by genetic epidemiology studies and large-scale, randomized clinical trials. Studies suggest that we should go beyond HDL cholesterol, and consider emerging biomarkers of HDL concentration, composition, and functionality as surrogates for cardiovascular risk reduction.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22945326 DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.127
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Cardiol ISSN: 1759-5002 Impact factor: 32.419