Open AccessRemnant cholesterol predicts cardiovascular disease beyond LDL and ApoB: a primary prevention study
Author(s) -
Renato Quispe,
Seth S. Martin,
Erin D. Michos,
Isha Lamba,
Roger S. Blumenthal,
Anum Saeed,
João A.C. Lima,
Rishi Puri,
Sarah Nomura,
Michael Y. Tsai,
John T. Wilkins,
Christie M. Ballantyne,
Stephen J. Nicholls,
Steven R. Jones,
Mohamed ElShazly
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab432
Subject(s) - medicine , atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease , hazard ratio , apolipoprotein b , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , percentile , cardiology , coronary artery disease , cholesterol , endocrinology , disease , statistics , mathematics
Emerging evidence suggests that remnant cholesterol (RC) promotes atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). We aimed to estimate RC-related risk beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (apoB) in patients without known ASCVD.