- Joined
- Dec 20, 2008
- Messages
- 1,190
- Reaction score
- 849
why is it that Type 1 dyslipidemia (hyper-chylomicronemia) doesn't result in increased risk for atherosclerosis? ^ TG and cholesterol seems bad to me...
so you feel cholesterol > triglycerides in causing probs?
haven't reviewed cardio yet, but i just remembered we shoot for <100 triglycerides for atherosclerosis.
cholesterol... has free -OH endings. A TAG does not.
The fatty streak!discussed it w/ a buddy. he was saying that atherosclerosis specifically is initiated by LDL getting into the intima => inflammation
so LDL might be the issue here, not so much the cholesterol and/or triglycerides. a simpler explanation that might not even be right, but it'll help me remember it.