from Karolinska Institute
It may not be enough to know your good and
bad kind of cholesterol levels. Our risk of
cardiovascular disease may be influenced by
the proteins that transport cholesterol through
the blood. Researchers at Sweden’s
Karolinska Institute say the balance of these
two proteins, named apolipoproteins, apoB,
which transports the bad kind of cholesterol
and apoA-1, which transports the good kind of
cholesterol can help identify early risk of
cardiovascular disease. The study followed
more than one hundred thousand men and
women for thirty years. Those with the
highest value of apolipoproteins had a seventy
percent greater risk of severe cardiovascular
disease. Early identification allows treatment
early enough to prevent some of the risks.