Serum Cholesterol Levels and Stroke Mortality

Glenn M. Chertow; Zheng Ming Chen; Rory Collins; Richard Peto; Wan Xian li; Norton Spritz; Piet C. de Groen; Allen J. Aksamit; Barbara F. Westmoreland; Bruce A. Kottke; Ruud A.f. Krom; Hiroyasu Iso; David R. Jacobs; Deborah Wentworth; James D. Neaton; Jerome D. Cohen

doi:10.1056/NEJM198911093211913

Serum Cholesterol Levels and Stroke Mortality

Glenn M. Chertow, Zheng Ming Chen, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Wan Xian li, Norton Spritz, Piet C. de Groen, Allen J. Aksamit, Barbara F. Westmoreland, Bruce A. Kottke, Ruud A.f. Krom, Hiroyasu Iso, David R. Jacobs, Deborah Wentworth, James D. Neaton, Jerome D. Cohen

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To the Editor: In the study by Iso et al. (April 6 issue),* I am concerned that the total serum cholesterol rather than fractionated samples were used. Although the data demonstrating increased adjusted relative risk are impressive (a threefold increase), the numbers are small: 11 deaths in the intracranial group and 5 in the subarachnoid group. Might not these 11 patients (0.003 percent of the total) be examples of persons with a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction in the normal or low-normal range, but with unusually low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) fractions?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1339-1341
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	321
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198911093211913
State	Published - Nov 9 1989

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Chertow, G. M., Chen, Z. M., Collins, R., Peto, R., li, W. X., Spritz, N., de Groen, P. C., Aksamit, A. J., Westmoreland, B. F., Kottke, B. A., Krom, R. A. F., Iso, H., Jacobs, D. R., Wentworth, D., Neaton, J. D., & Cohen, J. D. (1989). Serum Cholesterol Levels and Stroke Mortality. New England Journal of Medicine, 321(19), 1339-1341. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198911093211913

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