Published On: 18 Aug, 2022 10:49 AM | Updated On: 03 Jan, 2025 3:08 AM
As a Co-primary Target, Should Remnant Cholesterol Replace Non-HDL-C?
- What to measure?
- Lab results: TGs, remnant cholesterol, non-HDL-C.
- What you estimate?
- TGs in remnants + LDL + HDL; remnant cholesterol, cholesterol in remnants + LDL + Lp(a).
- Remnant (VLDL) cholesterol explains residual ASCVD risk.
- Treatment increasing remnant-C and TGs:
- Eat less
- Exercise more
- Treat diabetes
- Reduce alcohol
- High-intensity statin + fibrate + icosapent ethyl (EPA)
- Fish oils.
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