Tipton, KS | John Burns - 3/2/2026 20:37
People my age with higher cholesterol tend to live longer than people with lower cholesterol.
Are you sure? Here's the systematic review
2016 Jun 2 - our analysis provides reason to question the validity of the cholesterol hypothesis. Moreover, our study provides the rationale for a re-evaluation of guidelines recommending pharmacological reduction of LDL-C in the elderly as a component of cardiovascular disease prevention strategies.
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One explanation for the increased risk of mortality among people with low cholesterol is that serious diseases may lower cholesterol soon before death occurs.
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It is worth considering that some of the participants with high LDL-C may have started statin treatment during the observation period. Such treatment may have increased the lifespan for the group with high LDL-C.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4908872/
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Lowering LDL without statins
