Primary cardiovascular risk prediction by LDL-cholesterol in Caucasian middle-aged and older adults: a joint analysis of three cohorts.
Mika HilvoIndu DharMitja LääperiVegard LysneGehard SuloGrethe Seppola TellPekka JousilahtiOttar K NygårdHermann BrennerBen SchöttkerReijo LaaksonenPublished in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2021)
In middle-aged and older adults, associations between LDL-C and all the studied cardiovascular endpoints were relatively weak, while LDL-C showed stronger association with rare events of pre-mature CHD or ASCVD death among middle-aged adults. The predictive performance of LDL-C also depends on the studied cardiovascular endpoint.