Data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study showed that, for a given level of LDL, the risk of heart disease increases 10-fold as the HDL varies from high to low. On the converse, however, for a fixed level of HDL, the risk increases 3-fold as LDL varies from low to high.
Data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study showed that for a given level of LDL the risk of heart disease increases 10-fold as the HDL varies from high to low On the converse however for a fixed level of HDL the risk increases 3-fold as LDL varies from low to high