John Jaarsveld August 26, 2022 6:17pm A very interesting essay by dr. Malcolm Kendrick on the risk of high cholesterol on cardiovascular disease. It's open access, and highly recommended. Assessing cardiovascular disease: looking beyond cholesterol https://journals.lww.com/co-endocrinology/Fulltext/9900/Assessing_cardiovascular_disease__looking_beyond.21.aspx #cardiovasculardisease #cholesterol Assessing cardiovascular disease: looking beyond cholesterol : Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity the United States, or the Qrisk3 in the UK. A study in JAMA in 2022 suggested that ‘the absolute benefits of statins are modest and may not be strongly mediated through the degree of LDL reduction’. Perhaps it is time to look beyond cholesterol...