Tue, Mar-09-04, 11:09
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Plan: Paleoish/Keto
Stats: 225/167/175
BF:18%
Progress: 116%
Location: Longmont, Colorado
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Originally Posted by eddiemcm
The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Test(MRFIT) was based
on 361,662 men in the 35-57 age category.This study definitely
shows the importance of keeping total cholesterol below 200.
For a total cholesterol of 200,4 deaths per 1000 men occured
per year via stroke or heart attack.For a total cholesterol of
240,8 deaths per 1000.For 300,16 deaths per 1000.
Need I say more about the importance of total cholesterol?
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NHLBI’s Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) studied the relationship between heart disease and serum cholesterol levels in 362,000 men and found that annual deaths from CHD varied from slightly less than one per thousand at serum cholesterol levels below 140 mg/dL, to about two per thousand for serum cholesterol levels above 300 mg/dL, once again a trivial difference. Dr. John LaRosa of the American Heart Association claimed that the curve for CHD deaths began to “inflect” after 200 mg/dL, when in fact the “curve” was a very gradually sloping straight line that could not be used to predict whether serum cholesterol above certain levels posed a significantly greater risk for heart disease. One unexpected MRFIT finding the media did not report was that deaths from all causes—cancer, heart disease, accidents, infectious disease, kidney failure, etc.—were substantially greater for those men with cholesterol levels below 160 mg/dL.
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