Total Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol Ratio vs LDL Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol Ratio as Indices of Ischemic Heart Disease Risk in Men

Lemieux, Isabelle; Lamarche, Benoı̂t; Couillard, Charles; Pascot, Agnès; Cantin, Bernard; Bergeron, Jean; R. Dagenais, Gilles; Després, Jean‐Pierre

doi:10.1001/archinte.161.22.2685

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Total Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol Ratio vs LDL Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol Ratio as Indices of Ischemic Heart Disease Risk in Men

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Authors:

Isabelle Lemieux

Benoı̂t Lamarche

Charles Couillard

Abstract

Variation in the TC/HDL-C ratio may be associated with more substantial alterations in metabolic indices predictive of ischemic heart disease risk and related to the insulin resistance syndrome than variation in the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio.

Subject

Internal medicine

Medicine

Cholesterol

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