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Importance of Understanding Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Cholesterol
TLDR Understanding atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and cholesterol is crucial due to their impact on human longevity, with over 50% of first heart attacks being fatal. It is essential to focus on personalized risk assessments based on factors like APOB and non-HDL cholesterol levels to prevent cardiovascular events.
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The importance of understanding atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, and ApoB lies in the ubiquity of the disease, its impact on human longevity, and the availability of tools to mitigate it.
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Over 50% of people's first heart attack is fatal, with a significant portion occurring before the age of 65, highlighting the importance of understanding and preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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Cholesterol is essential for cell membranes, hormone production, and bile acid creation, highlighting its critical role in human life.
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The 10-year risk approach to cardiovascular disease prevention has fatal flaws due to the high number of events occurring before age 60 and the advanced stage of disease in arteries by age 60, highlighting the need for a more personalized risk assessment based on factors like APOB and non-HDL cholesterol levels.
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Cholesterol is essential for cell structure, hormone production, and bile acid formation, but its hydrophobic nature requires transportation via lipoproteins in the circulatory system.
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Lipoproteins can be separated based on density, with high density lipoproteins (HDLs) considered good cholesterol and low density lipoproteins (LDLs) labeled as bad cholesterol, but it is crucial to focus on the functionality of these lipoproteins rather than just their cholesterol content.
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LDL cholesterol numbers are typically estimations based on calculations, with direct measurement methods not being validated in disease patients, highlighting the importance of focusing on the number of LDL particles and VLDL particles for cardiovascular risk assessment.
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Mendelian randomization helps establish causal relationships between genes and disease risk factors like ApoB, providing more reliable evidence than observational studies.
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Factors like smoking and hypertension are widely accepted to exacerbate cardiovascular disease risk, potentially more than ApoB, with hypertension's pathophysiology and its impact on the proximal aorta being areas of interest for understanding the disease process.
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High levels of ApoB are likely to remain high over time, especially in individuals aged 35 to 40, and there is a need to consider individualized approaches to cardiovascular risk factors beyond just lipid metrics.
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Understanding lipoprotein particle quality and attributes beyond just particle concentration is crucial in assessing atherogenicity and individualized cardiovascular risk factors.
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Reducing the amount of cholesterol carried by lipoproteins in the plasma does not significantly decrease total body cholesterol, which is distributed across various pools in the body, including peripheral cells and red blood cells.
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Early and aggressive treatment to lower APOB levels, ideally starting in one's 20s, could potentially eliminate death from atherosclerotic causes.
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