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Article: Low HDL levels predict cardiovascular risk.(CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE NEWSBRIEFS)
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- January 1, 2008
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Very low levels of "good" HDL cholesterol can substantially reduce the benefit of reducing "bad" LDL levels according to a retrospective analysis of 9,770 patients in the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study published in the Sept. 27 New England Journal of Medicine TNT randomized patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) to treatment with atorvastatin 10 mg or 80 mg. Three months later, the patients' average LDL was 97 mg/dL, and 2,661 ...
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