SynthesisJournal of endocrinological investigation2022
A dose-response meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.
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- The Combined Effect of Platelet-to-HDL-Cholesterol Ratio and Glycemic Metabolism Status on the Prognosis of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Large-Scale Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Lipid profiles, lipid ratios and 28-day mortality risk in non-surgical older patients with critical illnesses: a retrospective cohort study using hospitalization records.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- The predictive value of hsCRP/HDL-C ratio for cardiometabolic multimorbidity in middle-aged and elderly people: evidence from a large national cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Association of non-high-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein ratio (NHHR) with prognosis in cancer survivors: a population-based study in the United States.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Association Between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and the Risks of Type-Specific Cardiovascular Diseases.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposePrevious studies have not fully described the relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and death risks from all cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study quantitatively evaluates HDL-C-mortality associations.
methodsEmbase and PubMed databases were searched for relevant articles published up to 1 June 2019. Random-effects models were used to pool relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We used restricted cubic splines to model the dose-response association.
resultsWe identified 32 prospective cohort studies including 369,904 participants and 33,473 total deaths (9426 CVD deaths). Compared to the lowest HDL-C levels, all cause and CVD mortality risks were reduced by 18% (RR 0.82; 95% CI, 0.73-0.93) and 36% (0.64, 0.46-0.89), respectively, for the highest HDL-C levels. All cause and CVD mortality risks were reduced by 15% (0.85, 0.79-0.92) and 23% (0.77, 0.69-0.87), respectively, with each 1 mmol/L increment of HDL-C. We found evidence of nonlinear and negative dose-response associations of HDL-C with all cause and CVD mortality (P
conclusionHDL-C is inversely associated with all cause and CVD mortality risks under approximately 2.05 and 2.33 mmol/L, respectively. Optimal doses require investigation via clinical practice or high-quality research.
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