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Recent findings from Canada and the United States illuminate research in lipids

Published in Physician Law Weekly, August 9th, 2006

Investigators in Canada and the United States have published new lipids data.

Study 1: Plasma apolipoprotein-B levels modulated the risk of coronary heart disease associated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol over a 13-year follow-up.

According to recent research from Canada, "We examined whether plasma apolipoprotein-B (apo-B) levels add further information on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) after taking into account low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations and other traditional risk factors."

"Among 2,072 CHD-free men from the Quebec Cardiovascular Study at entry and followed for 13 years, 230 had...

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