Serum Cholesterol in Young Men and Cardiovascular Disease

B. Corvilain; J. Matte; C. Litvine; Michael J. Klag; Lucy A. Mead; David M. Levine

doi:10.1056/NEJM199307083290217

Serum Cholesterol in Young Men and Cardiovascular Disease

B. Corvilain, J. Matte, C. Litvine, Michael J. Klag, Lucy A. Mead, David M. Levine

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To the Editor: Klag et al. (Feb. 4 issue)¹ report a strong correlation between the serum cholesterol level measured early in adult life in men and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in midlife. In contrast to other investigators,²–⁴ they did not find a “J-shaped” relation between total mortality and the serum cholesterol level. Such a relation has been attributed to an excess of deaths from noncardiovascular causes among patients with low levels of serum cholesterol – for example, from cancer, accidents, or suicide. From the authors' Table 2, we calculated death from noncardiovascular causes. This was consistent with a…

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	138
Number of pages	1
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	329
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199307083290217
State	Published - Jul 8 1993

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