Open Access<p>U-Shaped Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol with All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hypertensive Population</p>
Author(s) -
Chaolei Chen,
Xiao-cong Liu,
Lin Liu,
Kenneth Lo,
Yu-Ling Yu,
Jiayi Huang,
Yu-Qing Huang,
Jiyan Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s272624
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , population , cholesterol , high density lipoprotein , cause of death , mortality rate , gastroenterology , disease , environmental health
Whether the paradox of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and elevated mortality risk extends to hypertensive patients is unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between HDL-C and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults with hypertension.