2016 HDL is NOT a specific CV risk factor

<p>Nov 30, 2016 12:22 PM</p>

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from &nbsp;CANHEART Canadian Heart study.</p>

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&nbsp;Complex associations exist between HDL-C levels and sociodemographic, lifestyle, comorbidity factors, and mortality.<b> HDL-C level is unlikely to represent a CV-specific risk factor</b> given similarities in its associations with non-CV outcomes.

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