correlational
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In healthy adults, leftover cholesterol in the blood doesn’t seem to add extra heart disease risk once you already know someone’s LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol level.
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Non-HDL and LDL cholesterol, but not calculated remnant cholesterol, are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis.
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2025 Sep-OctThe study found that remnant cholesterol didn’t add any extra risk for early artery disease once LDL was taken into account, which matches the claim.
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