Invited commentary: low cholesterol and nonartherosclerotic disease risk: a persistently perplexing question.
Invited commentary: low cholesterol and nonartherosclerotic disease risk: a persistently perplexing question.
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特邀评论:低胆固醇和非动脉粥样硬化疾病风险:一个持续令人困惑的问题。
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010273
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Iribarren,C
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作者:
JacobsJr,DR;Iribarren,C
In contrast of clinical trials using statin drugs, which suggest that cholesterol lowering from high to moderate levels is safe, many but not all, prospective studies report higher nonatherosclerotic disease rates in people with low serum total cholesterol, even after deleting deaths in the 5 years after cholesterol determination. A perplexing and unanswered question is whether low cholesterol is causally related to nonatherosclerotic disease risk. Cholesterol is reduced during the acute phase reaction; a state of immune activation that persists for more than 5 years may explain the prospective observations. Higher cholesterol may be a marker for other protective substances such as fat-soluble antioxidants. Low cholesterol might mark poor nutrition, for example, during depression. Alternatively, higher cholesterol levels may result in enhanced delivery of lipids to cells during the immune response or tissue repair or may enhance defense against endotoxins and viruses. Although we believe that populationwide efforts to lower cholesterol should continue, we think that important biology may be reflected in the repeatedly observed associations of low cholesterol with nonatherosclerotic disease. The authors urge that research continue to elucidate any biologic bases of these relations.Am J Epidemiol2000;151:748–51.
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DOI:
10.1097/00042560-199801010-00008
发表时间:
1998-01-01
期刊:
JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES AND HUMAN RETROVIROLOGY
影响因子:
--
作者:
Claxton, AJ;Jacobs, DR;Feingold, KR
通讯作者:
Feingold, KR
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
L. Christensen;S. Somers
通讯作者:
S. Somers
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
M. Corti;G. Barbato;G. Baggio
通讯作者:
G. Baggio
影响因子:
6.1
作者:
Fernstrom,MH;Verrico,CD;Ebaugh,AL;Fernstrom,JD
通讯作者:
Fernstrom,JD
影响因子:
158.5
作者:
KLAG, MJ;FORD, DE;LEVINE, DM
通讯作者:
LEVINE, DM