Relationship of Familial Hypercholesterolemia and High LDL Cholesterol to Ischemic Stroke: The Copenhagen General Population Study.

Conclusions -FH and high LDL cholesterol did not confer an increased risk of ischemic stroke. A positive association with ischemic stroke observed for some clinical FH criteria and high LDL cholesterol appears to be due by previous ischemic heart disease, rather than by high LDL cholesterol per se.
PMID: 29593013 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation - March 28, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Beheshti S, Madsen CM, Varbo A, Benn M, Nordestgaard BG Tags: Circulation Source Type: research