The basic principal behind this shift is that exposure to bad cholesterol acts like radiation dose. Both the intensity (how high LDL/ApoB is) and the time exposed (how many years) matter.
These newest guidelines from the AHA/ACC, released yesterday, operationalize this partly by using a new set of equations that predict cardiovascular risk over a 30-year period (rather than 10 years).
The basic principal behind this shift is that exposure to bad cholesterol acts like radiation dose. Both the intensity (how high LDL/ApoB is) and the time exposed (how many years) matter.
These newest guidelines from the AHA/ACC, released yesterday, operationalize this partly by using a new set of equations that predict cardiovascular risk over a 30-year period (rather than 10 years).