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The percentage of adults with metabolically healthy obesity increased from 1999 to 2018 but remains much smaller than the proportion of those with metabolically unhealthy obesity, according to study data.

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Higher HDL levels may be associated with increased fracture risk for older adults independent of other risk factors, according to a post hoc analysis of the ASPREE study.

Low HDL was associated with CHD risk among white adults but not Black adults, and high HDL was not protective of risk in either, researchers reported.

In a phase 2 trial, obicetrapib, an investigational cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor, decreased LDL, non-HDL, lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein B and increased HDL at 8 weeks, researchers reported in Nature Medicine.

Among patients with clinical hypertension, researchers observed greater risk for CV events among men with high and low HDL levels compared with men with medium HDL, defined as 40 mg/dL to 80 mg/dL.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Changes in HDL level may be linked with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and subsequent outcomes in COVID-19, a speaker reported.

Researchers have identified lipid cutoffs that may indicate elevated risk for MI and stroke among young adults aged 20 to 39 years without a history of diabetes, according to findings published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

The level of total cholesterol minus HDL and LDL was associated with progression of atherosclerosis, independently of traditional CV risk factors, according to data published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

An updated American Heart Association checklist that now includes sleep health metrics showed about 80% of U.S. adults have low to moderate CV health, with lowest scores occurring in the areas of diet, physical activity and BMI.