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A blood test that measures inflammation (called HS-CRP) might tell doctors more about a patient's heart health risk than the standard cholesterol tests they normally use.
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The study compared hs-CRP to traditional cholesterol markers for predicting heart disease. It found that hs-CRP did NOT predict carotid plaques (a sign of heart disease), while traditional cholesterol markers like LDL-C and LDL-P DID predict them. This means the claim that hs-CRP is better than traditional markers is proven wrong by this study.
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