Re: Its the HDL; the LDL doesn't matter much (for diabetics)
- From: Jim Chinnis <jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:49:24 GMT
adam_becker_sr@xxxxxxxxx wrote in part:
A recent study (it was published last year but they recently made
fulltext access to it free) show for coronary patients:
The influence of (HDL + triglycerides + apolipoprotein A1, and LDL
particle diameter) significantly predicted both atherosclerosis (CAD)
and heart attack.
Once those factors were accounted for, the remaining factor (LDL + TC +
ApoB) didn't significantly predict either CAD or heart attack.
It actually differed only slightly in predictive ability from the HDLrelated
variable. (P=0.061 vs 0.041)
I find the study interesting, but I have to scratch my head. Why on
EARTH would somebody do a study on diabetics and heart attack and NOT
PUT A1C as one of the factors in the factor analysis? They broke their
popultation into Normal / Impaired FG / Diabetic. But they didn't
factor in A1c beyond that. Why not? They must have had the number,
right?
I assume it is because the A1c would have served as a great single predictor
and weakened their factor analysis approach.
I've only read the abstract...
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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