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The abstract seems pretty clear to me. In essence low cholesterol is associated with even greater risk than high cholesterol. The optimum is somewhere around 20
by krab 3y ago
The abstract seems pretty clear to me. In essence low cholesterol is associated with even greater risk than high cholesterol. The optimum is somewhere around 200 mg/dL. The study was performed over a large group of Koreans over more than ten years.
The trick to read scientific papers is that unless you're in that specific field, skimming doesn't work. You have to read sentence by sentence and sometimes stop and look up terms you don't understand for the whole to make sense.
- gala8y 3y agoThat's it. Though I did total opposite of detailed reading. I rounded all numbers to have them in ranges, trying to skim over details (but read slowly nevertheless). Once you understand what U-shape curve is and that it is probably key to the whole thing, you can unpack the abstract. You just need to know what U curve is.
- corethree 3y ago>The abstract seems pretty clear to me. In essence low cholesterol is associated with even greater risk than high cholesterol. The optimum is somewhere around 200 mg/dL. The study was performed over a large group of Koreans over more than ten years. This sentence is an EVEN easier read and is more suitable candidate for an abstract.