Even if your blood sugar isn’t high enough to be diagnosed with a problem, it might still be quietly harming your blood vessels as you get older.

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Normal LDL-Cholesterol Levels Are Associated With Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Absence of Risk Factors.

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2017 Dec 19

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Normal LDL-Cholesterol Levels Are Associated With Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Absence of Risk Factors.

Score: 48

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.10.024

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Even if you're a middle-aged adult with no obvious heart risks, having slightly high blood sugar — not quite diabetes — might mean you're more likely to have early signs of heart disease building up in your arteries.

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