High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Cause-Specific Mortality: a Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea.

Yeoree Yang Kyung Do Han Sang-Hyun Park Mee Kyoung Kim Kun-Ho Yoon Seung Hwan Lee

Published in: Journal of lipid and atherosclerosis (2020)

The risk of mortality, MI, and stroke was high at low HDL-C levels in the Korean general population. However, extremely high HDL-C levels were not associated with an increased risk of mortality, MI, and stroke.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
cardiovascular events
risk factors
type diabetes
left ventricular
cerebral ischemia