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The 2012 Atherosclerosis egg study: More smoking is associated with more plaque, unless you eat more eggs
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I blogged before about the study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosis ( ). This stud...
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cholesterol
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egg
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heart disease
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Familial hypercholesteromia: Why rely on cholesterol levels when more direct measures are available?
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There are two forms of familial hypercholesteromia (FH), namely heterozygous and homozygous FH. In heterozygous FH only one copy of the gene...
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familial hypercholesteromia
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Friedewald LDL equation
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genes
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genetics
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HDL
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intima-media thickness
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Iranian LDL equation
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LDL
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plaque
The 2012 Atherosclerosis egg study: Plaque decreased as LDL increased with consumption of 2.3 eggs per week or more
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A new study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosis ( ), has been gaining increasing m...
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