Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol.
PhD Candidate Teresa Haugsgjerd and Grethe Seppola Tell are co-authors in a Nature publication. The paper involved a data contribution from the Heath survey in Hordaland (HUSK) to the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Abstract: High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries1,2. However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly throughout the world3 and countries are using lipid-lowering medications at varying rates. These changes can have distinct effects on the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol, which have different effects on Continue reading Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol.