Elderly persons with high LDL live longer - LDL is inversely associated with mortality in the elderly (over 60)
This is an interesting and unusual result. The result shows that LDL in specific is inversely associated with mortality in the elderly.
High LDL-C is inversely associated with mortality in most people over 60 years. This finding is inconsistent with the cholesterol hypothesis (ie, that cholesterol, particularly LDL-C, is inherently atherogenic). Since elderly people with high LDL-C live as long or longer than those with low LDL-C, our analysis provides reason to question the validity of the cholesterol hypothesis.
Should we question the cholesterol hypothesis? Of course mortality in specific doesn't necessarily mean caused by heart disease and people might simply die of other diseases.
Great post...time to go get more butter to add to my bacon.
Nice post. The article Cardiovascular medicine (Impact factor 1,6) raises and important question about that validity of the increased cholesterol, increased mortality-hypothesis. My view is that the hypthesis is false and that high LDL-cholesterol is healthy (given you do not have a genetic disease affecting lipoprotein). LDL also has an important function in the body as a scavanger (i.e. bacterial endotoxins). Statins ('anti'-cholesterol) medicine, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor, blockbuster, huge cash cow for Pfizer) decrease risk of myocardial infarction. However, I do think the mechanism is via the anti-inflammatory effect of statins and not the cholesterol lowering effect.
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Interesting read, thans for sharing
Thanks for the great post. I think we should actually almost question everything. Much research concerning health that becomes commonly accepted advice always has a chance to be disproven. For instance, besides cholesterol being blamed for heart disease, fat especially saturated fat was often seen as a culprit. However, there's quite a bit of research that shows that fat can actually keep you full for longer and isn't as bad as it seems to be. I think it general we should keep an open mind and continue further research in these areas.
References: http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6340
http://time.com/4386248/fat-butter-nutrition-health/
I hope this helps my grandpa live longer!
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@dana-edwards, our science enables us to question everything especially if it's changing the life span or cursing human beings in any way. I actually liked this because I'm not sure why but I always feared loosing my parents one day because they suffer from a lot of diseases including high cholesterol. I would enjoy showing them this
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Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us @dana-edwards ... this post will help old people to live long.... upvoted follow @retroo