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Association of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with coronary heart disease risk across categories of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
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PMID:  21042169     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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INTRODUCTION: : National cholesterol treatment guidelines include a low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (<40 mg/dL) as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) that should be considered when making decisions on treatment of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.
METHODS: : We investigated the association of HDL and LDL-cholesterol with incident CHD events (fatal or nonfatal CHD) over 14 years of follow-up among 13,615 adults aged 45 to 64 years in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
RESULTS: : A total of 966 (7.1%) participants had a CHD event during follow-up. After adjustment for age, race, sex, diabetes, smoking, alcohol consumption, systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, chronic kidney disease and physical activity, a graded association was present between progressively lower levels of HDL-cholesterol and higher CHD risk, overall (P < 0.001) and within each level of LDL-cholesterol (<100, 100-129, 130-159, 160-189 and ≥190 mg/dL) investigated (all P < 0.05). In addition, after multivariable adjustment including LDL-cholesterol, each standard deviation higher HDL-cholesterol (18 mg/dL) was associated with a hazard ratio of incident CHD of 0.70 (95% CI: 0.63-0.77).
CONCLUSIONS: : These data suggest a graded association exists between lower levels of HDL-cholesterol and CHD across the full range of LDL-cholesterol levels. As interventions targeting HDL levels are developed, the combinatorial effects of lower HDL levels with various levels of LDL-cholesterol should be examined.
Authors:
Paul Muntner; Fleur Lee; Brad C Astor
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of the medical sciences     Volume:  341     ISSN:  1538-2990     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Med. Sci.     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-23     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370506     Medline TA:  Am J Med Sci     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  173-80     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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From the Department of Epidemiology (pm), Ryals School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Division of Nephrology (pm), Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Pfizer Incorporated (fl), New York, New York; and Department of Epidemiology (bca), Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
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