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Age increases cardiovascular risk, but chronological age alone should not determine cholesterol treatment. An active 78-year-old with previous heart disease may have very different needs from...
Atherosclerosis develops over many years. High LDL during young adulthood can therefore increase lifetime exposure even when short-term risk calculators produce a low result. Young adults...
Children can have high cholesterol because of genetics, diabetes, kidney disease, obesity, diet or certain medicines. Severe inherited cholesterol disorders may begin causing arterial damage early...
Familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is an inherited condition that causes high LDL from birth. Without appropriate treatment, prolonged exposure can lead to premature coronary artery disease....
Diabetes substantially increases cardiovascular risk. It may also produce a pattern of elevated triglycerides, lower HDL and cholesterol-rich particles that promote atherosclerosis, even when the LDL...
High cholesterol and high blood pressure can damage the cardiovascular system through different mechanisms. Together, they increase the likelihood of heart attack, stroke, peripheral artery disease...
Obesity can contribute to elevated triglycerides, lower HDL, insulin resistance and a greater number of atherogenic particles. However, cholesterol disorders occur at every body size, and...
