HDL-C criterion of the metabolic syndrome and future diabetes and atherosclerosis in midlife women: The SWAN Study

• Main Authors: Ziyuan Wang (Author), Emma Barinas-Mitchell (Author), Maria M. Brooks (Author), Sybil L. Crawford (Author), Aleda M. Leis (Author), Carol A. Derby (Author), Rebecca C. Thurston (Author), Monique M. Hedderson (Author), Imke Janssen (Author), Elizabeth A. Jackson (Author), Daniel S. McConnell (Author), Samar R. El Khoudary (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is one of 5 components [high blood pressure, glucose, triglycerides, waist circumference, low HDL-C], 3 of which, needed to diagnose metabolic syndrome (MetS). Evolving research shows that higher HDL-C is not necessarily cardioprotective in mid...