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Mortality over two centuries in familial hypercholesterolaemia – (05-17-01)

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Mortality over two centuries in familial hypercholesterolaemia

I love articles like these, especially with some much energy and money being thrown at genetics these days. This article follows one family for 200 years. The end result? Environment is much more important in risk of cardiovascular disease. As a society, we would be so much healthier if we could just focus a mere fraction of the money spent on disease awareness on prevention instead.

bmj.com Abstracts: Sijbrands et al. 322 (7293): 1019

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LOW GRADE INFLAMMATION RISKS STIFFNESS IN HYPERCHOLESTROL – (06-10-04)

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Low-grade systemic inflammation impairs arterial stiffness in newly diagnosed hypercholesterolaemia

Sorry for the long title, but basically, CRP as a marker of inflammation and waist to hip ratio were a better marker for less elasticity in the aorta (not a good thing…) than “traditional” risk factors such as LDL and total cholesterol and blood pressure. It is still rare for me to see a CRP level come back from any labwork ordered from another physician. This is just another example of clinical practice running decades behind what is in the medical literature.

Low-grade systemic inflammation impairs arterial stiffness in newly diagnosed hypercholesterolaemia – Eur J Clin Invest, Vol .

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