2018AHAGuidelineontheManagementofBloodCholesterolChenP2018-11-28Content•Review•HighBloodCholesterolandASCVD•TherapeuticModalities•PatientManagementGroupstriacylglycerol,TAGgastrointestinaltract,GIT•Review•HighBloodCholesterolandASCVD•TherapeuticModalities•PatientManagementGroupsContentCholesterol,Lipoproteins,andApolipoproteinB•Serumcholesterolanditslipoproteincarriers(LDL,VLDL,andHDL)areknowntoberelatedtoASCVD(arterioscleroticcardiovasculardisease)
•LDL-Cisthedominantformofatherogeniccholesterol
•VLDListhechiefcarrieroftriglycerides,andVLDLcholesterol(VLDL-C)isalsoatherogenic
•Chylomicrons(CM)transportdietaryfat•non–HDL-C(LDL-C+VLDL-C)ismoreatherogenicthaneitherlipoproteinalone
•ThemainproteinembeddedinLDLandVLDLisapolipoproteinB(apoB),andapoBisastrongerindicatorofatherogenicitythanLDL-Ca