Don't be fooled by RATIOS like Triglycerides:HDL-C

Are ratios like triglycerides:HDL-C or total cholesterol:HDL-C a reliable measure of our risk of heart disease? We cover the good, the bad and the ugly about cholesterol ratios and common misunderstandings.

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References:
1-https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
2-https://europepmc.org/article/med/103...
3-https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/... TG & bmi
4-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21291... hdl & multi
5-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... tg lowering n.s.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/... tg RCTs
6-https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... ference mr
7-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... hdl meta
8-https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicin... Korpela mr
9-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33870... update on apoB, goes over MR
10-https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... bp mr
11-https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar... tobacco mr
12-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Past videos covering ApoB and correlation vs causation:
   • Atherosclerosis | Cholesterol, LDL, H...  
   • What Your TRIGLYCERIDE Levels Mean | ...  

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0:00 Cohlesterol ratios correlate with risk
1:10 Correlation vs causation
3:49 Hearing from the EAS President
4:31 Population vs individual
8:17 Take-home message
8:28 ApoA-I