HDL cholesterol protects against cardiovascular disease in both genders, at all ages and at all levels of risk.

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Published in Atherosclerosis on March 19, 2009

Authors

M T Cooney1, A Dudina, D De Bacquer, L Wilhelmsen, S Sans, A Menotti, G De Backer, P Jousilahti, U Keil, T Thomsen, P Whincup, I M Graham, SCORE investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Dept. of Cardiology, Adelaide Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland.

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