The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
There are certain situations in which an elevated LDL has been associated with increased incidence of coronary disease but this is likely due to the underlying factors which are raising the LDL and not the LDL itself in my humble opinion
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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If we really look at the studies, it's not clear that there's a linear, directly correlated relationship between LDL level and the incidence of coronary disease.