Blood phytosterols in relation to cardiovascular diseases and mediating effects of blood lipids and hematological traits: a Mendelian randomization analysis

CONCLUSION: The study suggests that genetic predisposition to higher blood total sitosterol is linked to a greater risk of major CVDs. Moreover, blood nonHDL-C and apolipoprotein B might mediate a significant proportion of the associations between sitosterol and coronary diseases.PMID:37270173 | DOI:10.1016/j.metabol.2023.155611

Source: Atherosclerosis - June 3, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yimin Zhao Zhenhuang Zhuang Yueying Li Wendi Xiao Zimin Song Ninghao Huang Wenxiu Wang Xue Dong Jinzhu Jia Tao Huang Source Type: research