The Claim

More than half of heart disease patients admitted to the hospital have low levels of 'good' cholesterol, which is linked to higher heart disease risk.

Source: Lipid levels in patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease: an analysis of 136,905 hospitalizations in Get With The Guidelines.

What the research says

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In plain English

More than half of heart disease patients admitted to the hospital have low levels of 'good' cholesterol, which is linked to higher heart disease risk.

See the scientific wording

In patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease, 54.6% have admission high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels below 40 mg/dL, indicating a high prevalence of low 'good' cholesterol in this population.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Lipid levels in patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease: an analysis of 136,905 hospitalizations in Get With The Guidelines.

    This study looked at thousands of heart disease patients when they were first admitted to the hospital and found that more than half had low levels of the 'good' cholesterol, which is exactly what the claim says.

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