Low cholesterol as risk factor for mortality in elderly women

This paper was published in the Lancet 1989 Apr 22;1(8643):868-70

Study title and authors:
Cholesterol as risk factor for mortality in elderly women.
Forette B, Tortrat D, Wolmark Y.
Centre Claude Bernard de Gérontologie, Hôpital Sainte Périne, Paris, France.

The paper can be found online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2564950

This five year study investigated the association between cholesterol levels and death rates in 92 women, average age 82 years old.

The study found:
(a) Those women with cholesterol levels of 4.0 mmol/l (154 mg/dL) had a 420% increased risk of death compared with those women with cholesterol levels of 7.0 mmol/l (270 mg/dL).
(b) Those women with cholesterol levels of 4.0 mmol/l (154 mg/dL) had a 340% increased risk of death compared with those women with cholesterol levels of 8.8 mmol/l (340 mg/dL).

This paper reports, the lower your cholesterol - the earlier you die. Even with very high cholesterol you would live longer than someone with low cholesterol.

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