Setting targets for “bad” (low density lipoprotein, LDL) cholesterol levels to ward off heart disease and death in those at risk might seem intuitive.
But decades of research have failed to show any consistent benefit for this approach, reveals an analysis of the available data, published online in the BMJ Evidence Based Medicine journal.
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