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It's not a mere side effect. If it were, treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs such as statins (the most used) or even a new class of drugs called PCSK9 inhibi
by regardmore 10y ago
It's not a mere side effect.
If it were, treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs such as statins (the most used) or even a new class of drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors wouldn't have such a clear cause-and-effect on reducing cardiovascular events and mortality.
Since removing cholesterol from circulation reduces cardiovascular disease, you can view it as a cause and not as a mere marker of disease.
- e40 10y agoIf it were, treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs such as statins (the most used) or even a new class of drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors wouldn't have such a clear cause-and-effect on reducing cardiovascular events and mortality. I've read that studies show it only has an effect for men > 50 yrs, but that the effect isn't due to reducing cholesterol. I have notice a huge increase in the last 10 years in the number of researchers reporting no causal link between cholesterol and CHD. On the first page of a Google search: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines/news/2016-06-13-study-says-theres-no-link-between-cholesterol-and-heart-disease/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines... Evidence abounds that there is no link.