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Analysis v1
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If your 'bad' cholesterol is 100 or higher, lowering it more aggressively helps prevent heart-related deaths. But if it's already below 100, lowering it even more doesn't seem to help much — there might be a cutoff where treatment stops adding extra benefit.
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Evidence from Studies
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Review: More-intensive vs less-intensive LDL-cholesterol lowering reduces mortality
Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2018 Jul 17The study found that stronger cholesterol treatment helps prevent heart-related deaths, even in people with lower cholesterol levels, though the benefit is smaller. It doesn’t fully support the idea that there’s a clear cutoff point (like 100) below which treatment doesn’t help.
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