You may be middle-aged and healthy, but your arteries may still be clogged up

The report was based on nearly 1,800 people who had no classical risk factors for heart disease or stroke. — AFP

Half of middle-aged people who are normal weight and don’t smoke or have diabetes, may have clogged arteries, researchers said recently, urging stronger measures to lower cholesterol.

A high level of so-called “bad cholesterol”, or LDL-C, is the main reason why apparently healthy individuals suffer heart attacks or strokes in middle age, said the report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).