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because they had high cholesterol for decades and the damage is already done. Decreasing cholesterol helps them, but they are not as healthy as someone with nat
by afiori 7y ago
because they had high cholesterol for decades and the damage is already done. Decreasing cholesterol helps them, but they are not as healthy as someone with naturally such low cholesterol.
- someguydave 7y agoBut naturally low cholesterol was not associated with decreased mortality in Koreans?
- carbocation 7y agoThis study doesn't tell us if these participants had naturally low cholesterol or artificially low cholesterol (i.e., from medications). So no such conclusion can be determined.
- someguydave 7y agoAgreed, yet that conclusion (that low cholesterol is somehow harmful) cannot be excluded either. I agree that it would be interesting to see how the results of the Korean study would change if statin-takers were excluded.