The panel also introduced a more aggressive, but optional, LDL cholesterol goal of <70 mg/dL for patients at very high risk for CHD, even if baseline LDL cholesterol was <100 mg/dL.

In moderate-risk patientsthose with two or more risk factors for CHD (10% to 20% risk of CHD within 10 years), the NCEP targets remain LDL cholesterol <130 mg/dL but give clinicians a therapeutic ...

The slope of the LDL cholesterol curve was 0.7 mg/dL/year. On multivariable analysis, those with the greatest cumulative exposure and highest TWA-LDL cholesterol levels—those in the highest ...

Doctors say screening should start at 18 because abnormal levels often go undetected, increasing risk of heart attacks ...

Sex may play a role in diabetes-related risk for incident coronary heart disease, according to researchers. Women with diabetes were 44% more likely to develop CHD than men with diabetes, findings ...