The Claim

Very few heart disease patients—just 1 in 70—have both very low 'bad' cholesterol and high 'good' cholesterol at the time they’re admitted to the hospital.

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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Description
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In plain English

Very few heart disease patients—just 1 in 70—have both very low 'bad' cholesterol and high 'good' cholesterol at the time they’re admitted to the hospital.

See the scientific wording

Among patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease, only 1.4% meet the combined ideal lipid criteria of LDL <70 mg/dL and HDL ≥60 mg/dL, suggesting that achieving optimal lipid profiles is rare 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.

    In a big study of heart disease patients, only 1.4% had both very low 'bad' cholesterol and very high 'good' cholesterol—meaning almost everyone else didn’t meet these ideal numbers.

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