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Re:FDA approves new kind of cholesterol pill by cthalupa on Sunday July 19, 2026 @01:47AM (#48965327)
It (Particularly ApoB/Combining LDL-C and Lp(a) is one of the single largest leading indicators of health risk we have.

If anything, the data we have is suggesting we've gotten wrong what the upper limits should be for what is considered OK.

https://www.lipidjournal.com/article/S1933-2874(25)00317-4/f...

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Re:FDA approves new kind of cholesterol pill by guerby on Sunday July 19, 2026 @10:29AM (#48968503)
Isn't diabete and metabolic syndrome way more predictive than ldl or apob?

Do you have a reference comparing the various factors?

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