Overlooked ugly cholesterol causes heart disease | BreakThrough Digest Medical News

The risk of ischaemic heart disease , a disease affecting some 150,000 Danes , is three times higher in persons with high levels of the so-called ‘ugly’ cholesterol. This is the finding of a new study of 73,000 Danes, which is shedding light on a long debate on this topic. The results have just been published in theJournal of the American College of CardiologyMost Danes are aware that high cholesterol is life-threatening. But very few know which type of cholesterol is the most frequent killer. Cholesterol is divided into ‘the good’ HDL cholesterol, ‘the bad’ LDL cholesterol and ‘the ugly’ cholesterol. It is the so-called ‘ugly cholesterol’ ? also called ‘remnant-like particle cholesterol’ ? that is the really bad guy.

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