El Harchaoui et al explain that some studies have suggested that assessment of the number of LDL particles and their size may have stronger associations with coronary artery disease than levels LDL-C.

Not all LDL cholesterol is created equal. Some particles of this blood fat are large and buoyant and breeze easily through your circulatory system. But other particles are small and dense — and four ...

Lipids, such as cholesterol and triglycerides, are surrogate markers for lipoproteins. As such, abnormalities of plasma lipid concentrations (dyslipidemia) really represent dyslipoproteinemias. 3 LDL ...

Familial correlations were estimated using the FCOR2 program of SAGE. 21 The uniform weight to pedigrees option was chosen. This programme estimates correlations among relatives taking into account ...