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Is interleukin-6 the link between low LDL cholesterol and increased non-cardiovascular mortality in the elderly?
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Circulating Interleukin-6 Levels and Incident Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies.Neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Association of statin use in older people primary prevention group with risk of cardiovascular events and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC medicine · 2021 · on this mapPooled it
- Cholesterol-Lowering Treatment Blocks Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Associated Invasiveness and Drug Resistance in Breast and Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Models.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Potential Molecular Biomarkers for Predicting and Monitoring Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Distinct Plasma LPC Signatures Differentiate COVID-19 Sepsis from Other Sepsis Aetiologies.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Role of Statin Therapy in Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Patients.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2019Review
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