Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Events With Low HDL Cholesterol

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Authors

Sander J. Robins

Hanna E. Bloomfield

Fred H. Faas · University of Arkansas Medical Center

Ernst J. Schaefer · Tufts University

Marshall B. Elam · Memphis VA Medical Center

James W. Anderson · Lexington VA Health Care System

Dorothea Collins

on behalf of the VA-HIT Study Group

Abstract

Results show that in VA-HIT the occurrence of a new cardiovascular event and the benefit of fibrate therapy was much less dependent on levels of HDL cholesterol or triglycerides than on the presence or absence of insulin resistance.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Diabetes Treatment and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 26, Issue 5, pp. 1513-1517

DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.5.1513

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