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SUBMITTER: Zaid M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5047009 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep-Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zaid Maryam M Miura Katsuyuki K Fujiyoshi Akira A Abbott Robert D RD Hisamatsu Takashi T Kadota Aya A Arima Hisatomi H Kadowaki Sayaka S Torii Sayuki S Miyagawa Naoko N Suzuki Sentaro S Takashima Naoyuki N Ohkubo Takayoshi T Sekikawa Akira A Maegawa Hiroshi H Horie Minoru M Nakamura Yasuyuki Y Okamura Tomonori T Ueshima Hirotsugu H
Journal of clinical lipidology 20160106 5
<h4>Background</h4>Low-density lipoprotein particle (LDL-P) has recently been found to be a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C).<h4>Objectives</h4>Whether LDL-P is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis, independent of LDL-C, as well as other lipid measures has not been fully examined. We aimed to analyze LDL-P associations with measures of subclinical atherosclerosis.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined 870 Japanese men randomly selected from Kusatsu City ...[more]