The goal of this observational study was to evaluate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) in comparison with the ratio of non-high-density ...

The ratio of two forms of apolipoprotein in the blood is substantially better at predicting heart attack risk than the standard method of using cholesterol ratios. Measuring apolipoprotein ratios ...

A higher serum uric acid to HDL ratio may indicate a greater preclinical inflammatory burden, according to investigators. A high serum uric acid to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) ratio ...

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol/low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C/LDL-C) ratio of 0.4 to 0.6 was associated with a lower risk of myocardial infarction ...

has long been seen as a key culprit in cardiovascular disease. While it’s true that cholesterol does play a role, not all cholesterol is bad for us. There are two main types of cholesterol. The first ...

In the Chinese population, the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio and the total cholesterol (TC)/HDL-C ratio are associated with an increased risk for benign ...

From the Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N. T. Gibbs — Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester ...

Cholesterol, found in our blood and in the food we eat, is a misunderstood compound that we have been instructed and cautioned for decades to fear. We have been told that if we eat cholesterol, then ...

A Victorian hospital is about to begin world-first human trials of a potential breakthrough in treating high cholesterol.