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SUBMITTER: Kaysen GA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6071781 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaysen George A GA Ye Xiaoling X Raimann Jochen G JG Wang Yuedong Y Topping Alice A Usvyat Len A LA Stuard Stefano S Canaud Bernard B van der Sande Frank M FM Kooman Jeroen P JP Kotanko Peter P
Journal of lipid research 20180612 8
Cardiovascular (CV) events are increased 36-fold in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, randomized controlled trials to lower LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and serum total cholesterol (TC) have not shown significant mortality improvements. An inverse association of TC and LDL-C with all-cause and CV mortality has been observed in patients on chronic dialysis. Lipoproteins also may protect against infectious diseases. We used data from 37,250 patients in the international Monitoring Dialysi ...[more]