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Other things like being overweight, having high blood sugar, or eating badly are even bigger causes of heart disease than high cholesterol alone.

Scientific Claim

Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and obesity are stronger predictors of cardiovascular risk than LDL cholesterol levels alone.

Original Statement

“There are many other factors to consider. We'll get into that in just a minute. And these other factors actually dwarf the effect of a statin medicine, which is kind of interesting because the current state of medical care dwells and focuses on the LDL because I think they think that's the only thing they can do. But what about changing the diet? What about using a medicine to help reduce the weight and to reduce metabolic issues? So now we have other alternatives.”

From video:Why Your Doctor Wants You Taking a Statin (And Why You Might Not Need One)byDr. Eric Westman - Adapt Your Life

Context Details

Domain

cardiology

Population

human

Subject

Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance

Action

are stronger predictors of

Target

cardiovascular risk than LDL cholesterol levels

Intervention Details

Type: lifestyle

Dosage: not applicable

Duration: long-term

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

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The metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular risk in diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

Cohort Study

Human

2005 Oct

This study found that having metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance (common in obese people) is a better sign of heart danger than just checking bad cholesterol levels alone.

Contradicting (0)

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No contradicting evidence found

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