Peter Attia· MD
it turns out that the overwhelming majority of people who might have low hdl cholesterol have a high april b level and that's what drives their atherosclerosis
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it turns out that the overwhelming majority of people who might have low hdl cholesterol have a high april b level and that's what drives their atherosclerosis
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the proper treatment of low HL cholesterol in the person you believe has cardiovascular risk is just like trigs lower APO b lower non-hdl cholesterol
I always checking apob we do that in 100% of people and if it was high we would treat apob regardless of an HDL cholesterol level