Dave Feldman found that LDL alone, independent of triglycerides and HDL, was associated with lower all-cause mortality in age-parity cohorts.

“I was really looking at the screen I just kept staring at it I kept thinking I must have done something wrong here because I've always been interested in getting this data to look at the Triad in particular the Triad being the Triad being not just high LDL but high HDL and low triglycerides that I didn't think LDL all by itself would be so associated with lower all cause mortality that I was not expecting”