Men with low HDL levels of 30 mg/dl or below were 81% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease

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Men with low HDL cholesterol levels of 30 mg/dl or less were 81% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease during an average follow-up of 4.9 years than men with HDL levels of 41-50 mg/dl according to a 2016 study from Canada.

The study found that HDL levels that were either too high (>90 mg/dl) or too low (≤30 mg/dl) were associated with an increased risk of death when compared to men with more moderate HDL levels (41-80 mg/dl).

Subjects

Subjects: 631,762 people

The study followed 631,762 people from the CANHEART (Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care Research Team) dataset, which was created by linking together 17 different individual-level data sources.

On average, people were 57-years-old and had an HDL level of 55 mg/dl.

Reference

Ko DT, Alter DA, Guo H, Koh M, Lau G, Austin PC, Booth GL, Hogg W, Jackevicius CA, Lee DS, Wijeysundera HC, Wilkins JT, and Tu JV. High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Cause-Specific Mortality in Individuals Without Previous Cardiovascular Conditions: The CANHEART Study. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2016 Nov 08; 68(19): 2073-2083.

Author’s Contact Info

Dennis. T. Ko
nstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
G106-2075 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
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