Small, Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Particles as a Predictor of the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Men

Case-control studies have reported that patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) have a higher proportion of small, dense LDL particles than do healthy control subjects. The extent to which the risk attributed to small LDL particles may be independent of concomitant variations in plasma lipoprotein-lipid concentrations remains to be clearly determined, however, particularly through prospective studies.Baseline characteristics were obtained in...