When someone has a serious heart attack, having lower 'bad' cholesterol might actually mean there's more inflammation happening in their body, which could be a sign of worse health.

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Lower LDL-cholesterol levels associated with increased inflammatory burden in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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2021 Feb

The study found that in heart attack patients, lower bad cholesterol levels were linked to higher inflammation, which matches exactly what the claim says.

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Lower LDL-cholesterol levels associated with increased inflammatory burden in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.67.02.20200548

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