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A paper combining Triglycerides/HDL-C and All Cause Mortality with dialysis patients --
This deserves a #ReadingThread... (at least between my calls and meetings today)...
This deserves a #ReadingThread... (at least between my calls and meetings today)...
"In fact, traditional CV [cardiovascular] risk factors, such as hypercholesterolemia and obesity, have not been found to be reliable predictors of mortality risk in these patients..."
"... as previous studies have shown these factors are paradoxically associated with better survival in the hemodialysis population."
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This paper by @zinocker, @kariannesve, @simondankel is proving an interesting read. Before I get too much further, I'm going to turn it into a "reading thread" and post some of these quotes as I go...
(Big hat tip to @bigfatsurprise) academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-a…
This paper by @zinocker, @kariannesve, @simondankel is proving an interesting read. Before I get too much further, I'm going to turn it into a "reading thread" and post some of these quotes as I go...
(Big hat tip to @bigfatsurprise) academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-a…
2/ "In this paper we propose a novel model, the homeoviscous adaptation to dietary lipids (HADL) model, which explains changes in lipoprotein cholesterol as adaptive homeostatic adjustments that serve to maintain cell membrane fluidity and hence optimal cell function."
3/ Later in the abstract: "Hence, circulating levels of LDL cholesterol may change for nonpathological reasons. Accordingly, an SFA-induced raise in LDL cholesterol in healthy individuals could represent a normal rather than a pathologic response."
