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Even if your bad cholesterol is low, you can still have a heart attack if other problems like high blood sugar or high blood pressure are still there.

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Metabolic syndrome predicts cardiovascular risk and mortality in familial hypercholesterolemia.

Cohort Study
Human
2023 May-Jun

Even if someone has high cholesterol, having other problems like obesity, high blood pressure, or diabetes still makes their heart at much higher risk—this study shows that those extra problems are dangerous on their own, even when cholesterol is being managed.

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Role of Residual Inflammation as a Risk Factor Across Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome: Unpacking the Burden in People with Type 2 Diabetes

Narrative Review
2025 Jul

Even when bad cholesterol (LDL) is kept low, people with diabetes still have high heart disease risk if other problems like inflammation or high blood sugar aren’t fixed — and this study shows that.

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Triglyceride-Glucose Index, LDL and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Stable Cardiovascular Disease: Results from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials.

Cohort Study
Human
2024 Feb 15

Even if someone has other health problems like high blood sugar or obesity, this study found that if their 'bad cholesterol' (LDL) is kept low, their heart risk doesn’t go up as much — which is the opposite of what the claim says.

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