ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2015
HDL particle number and size as predictors of cardiovascular disease.
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123 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 223 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Diverging metabolic effects of 2 energy-restricted diets differing in nutrient quality: a 12-week randomized controlled trial in subjects with abdominal obesity.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
- Effect of varying quantities of lean beef as part of a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern on lipids and lipoproteins: a randomized crossover controlled feeding trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Trial
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- Serum Concentration of HDL Particles Predicts Mortality in Acute Heart Failure Patients.Scientific reports · 2017Trial
- Circulating ANGPTL8/Betatrophin Concentrations Are Increased After Surgically Induced Weight Loss, but Not After Diet-Induced Weight Loss.Obesity surgery · 2016Trial
- Supplementation with saury oil, a fish oil high in omega-11 monounsaturated fatty acids, improves plasma lipids in healthy subjects.Journal of clinical lipidologyTrial
- Relations of GlycA and lipoprotein particle subspecies with cardiovascular events and mortality: A post hoc analysis of the AIM-HIGH trial.Journal of clinical lipidologyTrial
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- Lipoprotein subfractions in cardiovascular disease risk prediction and therapeutic targeting: Current landscape and future directions.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2026Article
- Multi-omics integration identifies associations between large high-density lipoprotein and lung function, asthma, and COPD: evidence from genetic and population-based analyses.Respiratory research · 2026Article
- Metabolic vulnerability index and MetaboHealth score as risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in a large-scale prospective cohort.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- HDL in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Mechanistic Insight and Therapeutic Potential.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- A six-metabolite signature characterizes metabolically unhealthy obesity and reveals hidden metabolic risk within metabolically healthy obesity.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Association of metabolic and inflammation vulnerabilities with systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective UK Biobank study.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Metabolic Vulnerability Index and Atherosclerosis Incident: A Prospective Cohort Study From the UK Biobank.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- High-density lipoproteins. Part 2. Impact of disease states on functionality.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Previous studies indicate that reduced concentrations of circulating high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles can be superior to HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels as a predictor of cardiovascular disease. Measurements of HDL particle numbers, therefore, bear a potential for the improved assessment of cardiovascular risk. Furthermore, such measurement can be relevant for the evaluation of novel therapeutic approaches targeting HDL. Modern in-depth analyses of HDL particle profile may further improve evaluation of cardiovascular risk. Although clinical relevance of circulating concentrations of HDL subpopulations to cardiovascular disease remains controversial, the negative relationship between the number of large HDL particles and cardiovascular disease suggests that assessment of HDL particle profile can be clinically useful. Reduced mean HDL size is equally associated with cardiovascular disease in large-scale clinical studies. Since HDL-C is primarily carried in the circulation by large, lipid-rich HDL particles, the inverse relationship between HDL size and cardiovascular risk can be secondary to those established for plasma levels of HDL particles, HDL-C, and large HDL. The epidemiological data thereby suggest that HDL particle number may represent a more relevant therapeutic target as compared to HDL-C.
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