The associations of cholesterol metabolism and plasma plant sterols with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality[S]

Moderately elevated levels of plasma plant sterols have been suspected to be causally involved in atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether plant sterols and other markers of sterol metabolism predicted all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in participants of the Ludwigshafe...

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Main Authors: Guenther Silbernagel, Guenter Fauler, Michael M. Hoffmann, Dieter Lütjohann, Bernhard R. Winkelmann, Bernhard O. Boehm, Winfried März
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520370747