High HDL cholesterol gives protection from heart atttacks

This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology 1979 Mar;109(3):296-308

Study title and authors:
High density lipoprotein cholesterol and incidence of coronary heart disease--the Israeli Ischemic Heart Disease Study.
Goldbourt U, Medalie JH.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/222135

This paper investigated the the association between high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and coronary heart disease incidence in 6,500 men over a five year period.

The paper found that the higher your HDL cholesterol values, the less likely you are to have a heart attack, especially if you are a male over 50. Eating a high percentage of dietary fat increases HDL. See here and here

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