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Does serum non-HDL cholesterol more reliably predict the risk of AMI and stroke compared to serum total cholesterol in the Japanese general population?
Does serum non-HDL cholesterol more reliably predict the risk of AMI and stroke compared to serum total cholesterol in the Japanese general population?
Non-HDL cholesterol is a superior predictor of AMI risk compared to total cholesterol in the Japanese population, though neither predicts stroke.
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May aid AMI risk stratification with non-HDL cholesterol in Japanese adults; hypothesis-generating for stroke and requires prospective validation.
The risk of AMI can be more reliably predicted by serum non-HDL cholesterol than serum total cholesterol. The scoring systems are useful tools to predict risk of AMI. Neither total nor non-HDL serum cholesterol can predict stroke risk in the Japanese general population.
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Tanabe et al. (2010) studied this question.
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