Curious Facts on Cholesterol
Under the age of 50, your cholesterol level does not really make much difference to your risk of dying. However, if your cholesterol level starts falling, watch out. You are at a terrible risk - a 429 per cent increased risk of death per 1 mmol/l cholesterol drop, according to the Framingham Study.
After the age of 50, a low cholesterol degree is associated with a significantly greater overall mortality. The older you get, the more dangerous it is to have a low cholesterol level Does this mean that a low cholesterol level is, itself, deadly? No, I don't think so. I do not believe that a low or a high cholesterol/ LDL level actually causes anything except, perhaps, hemorrhagic stroke, if the level is very low. I think it is mainly a disease 'marker' of a kind. Although, in general, it seems much more dangerous to have a low level than a high level low cholesterol levels are associated with increased mortality.
The mainstream research community also picked up on this one. Perhaps, to be more accurate, l should say the mainstream research community has failed to sweep this fact under the carpet.A falling, or low cholesterol grade, is a sign of an underlying disease. Thus it is not the low cholesterol grade that kills you, it is the underlying disease.It is true that certain diseases, e.g. advanced cancer, can create a low cholesterol degrees as can liver diseases such as chronic Hepatitis B. This makes it likely that some people with reduced cholesterol levels are suffering from a serious underlying disease.
Therefore, this is one ad hoc hypothesis with which I am in a certain amount of agreement. The scientific community fell gratefully upon the concept that reduced cholesterol level indicates underlying disease, and now repeat it as their new mantra. Thus, everyone can reassure themselves with the knowledge that a raised cholesterol really, truly, is deadly. Even when it is low, perhaps especially when it's low.We conclude that the excess mortality at low TC [total cholesterol levels can be partially explained by confounding with other determinants of death and by pre-existing disease at baseline ... In our study TC level was not associated with increased cancer or aI/cause mortality in the absence of smoking, high alcohol consumption, and hypertension.
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Coronary angiography is an imaging test that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see see inside the arteries and how blood flows through your heart with the a mild sedative to help you relax.
Coronary heart disease is defined as a condition of narrowing coronary arteries that lead to blockage of the blood flow in the arteries as a result of hardening arterial wall, cholesterol building up in the arteries, chemicals, such as cadmium clog up arteries, etc. affecting the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Causes of Coronary heart disease is due to narrowing coronary arteries that lead to the blockage of the blood flow in the arteries as a result of hardening arterial wall, cholesterol and plague building up on the arterial wall, affecting the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart.
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