High triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio is associated with increased coronary heart disease among White but not Black adults

• Main Authors: Cesar Higgins Tejera (Author), Jessica Minnier (Author), Sergio Fazio (Author), Monika M Safford (Author), Lisandro D. Colantonio (Author), Marguerite R Irvin (Author), Virginia Howard (Author), Neil A Zakai (Author), Nathalie Pamir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Black adults are less likely than White adults to present with adverse lipid profiles and more likely to present with low-grade inflammation. The impact of race on the association between atherogenic lipid profiles, inflammation, and coronary heart disease (CHD) is unknown. Methods: We ev...