Very few heart disease patients—less than 1 in 70—have both their 'bad' cholesterol low enough and their 'good' cholesterol high enough to meet ideal health targets.

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

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2009 Jan

The study looked at over 136,000 heart disease patients and found that only 1.4% had both very low 'bad' cholesterol and very high 'good' cholesterol — which is exactly what the claim says.

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

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.010

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