Newly published research suggests that low levels of HDL cholesterol means significantly different levels of risk for heart attack between white adults and Black adults.
Established belief about high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol suggested that what has been often called"good" cholesterol, could not be as protective as once thought.
Conventional belief in HDL cholesterol's protection against heart attack and coronary heart disease risk stemmed from a 1970s study, and has been widely accepted in heart disease risk assessments. Pamir said, “It could mean that in the future, we don’t get a pat on the back by our doctors for having higher HDL cholesterol levels.”
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