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Re:Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly tha... by brandonb on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @04:30PM (#45430838)
It's more the former -- we've gotten so good at detecting high cholesterol and reducing it, that the majority of residual risk is now in the other factors.

(There are some people who dispute whether cholesterol is causative, but most cardiologists believe LDL cholesterol, or ApoB, causes heart attacks and strokes --based on both mechanistic evidence and randomized control trials.)

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Re:Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly tha... by pinkmuffinere on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @06:39PM (#45432120)
1. Thanks for the reply!

2. Having now read the article, i see that my question was indeed already addressed in the article — sorry for asking silly questions

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Re:Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly tha... by pigeonhole123 on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @06:21PM (#45431947)
I'm interested in this subject. Can you cite some of the RCTs and mechanistic evidence?
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