Coronary heart disease, or CHD, is a type of heart disease in which coronary arteries can’t deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart, causing chest pain, shortness of breath and potentially a heart attack. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or HDL-C, also known as “good” cholesterol, levels are a risk indicator of CHD. Naturally high HDL-C levels reduce the risk of CHD, while low HDL-C levels increase this risk.
In a recent Journal of Lipid Research study, researchers determined how various factors, such as age, physical activity and childbirth, predict HDL-C serum concentration in a large, diverse cohort of adults. This multicenter study is one of the few to analyze HDL-C over an extended period, over 30 years, rather than only one time point.
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The Coronary Artery Risk…