The telltale heart: What HDL reveals about a woman’s risk

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June 2005 · Vol. 17, No. 6

CASE-BASED LEARNING

How to increase HDL cholesterol, the strongest predictor of cardiovascular disease risk in women.

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Increasing HDL cholesterol by 1 mg/dL reduces a woman’s cardiovascular disease risk by 3%

Brisk walking can increase HDL by 15% in pre- and postmenopausal women

Pantethine, 600 to 900 mg/day, reduces visceral fat, LDL, VLDL, and triglycerides, and increases HDL as much as 18%

In the WHI, women who were still within 10 years of menopause had a reduced CVD risk with estrogen

Do not prescribe statin drugs and fibric acid derivatives for the same patient or serious myopathies may result

Joseph M. Keenan, MD

Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health Joint Professor of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Patrick A. Keenan, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

JUDY’S CASE

“WHAT’S MY RISK?”

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