Triglyceride Levels Predict Stroke Risk in Postmenopausal Women !

If I had a fiver for every time I have heard the saying ‘we are all different’ I would be rich. If there is one criteria where we are not different, it is the danger from high triglyceride levels. The higher the trig numbers, the greater the indicator for health problems. The British Heart Foundation state we should have better than 1.8 last time I checked. As most low carbers know, for us 1.8 is a high number, most low carbers I know have a <1 trig level. Another great benefit from lowcarbing. Check out this link re strokes.


Postmenopausal women may be at higher risk of having a stroke than they think. A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues found that traditional risk factors for stroke -- such as high cholesterol -- are not as accurate at predicting risk in postmenopausal women as previously thought. Instead, researchers say doctors should refocus their attention on triglyceride levels to determine which women are at highest risk of suffering a devastating and potentially fatal cardiovascular event.


"We've always believed that total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels were the most important biomarkers for identifying stroke risk, but this study gives us strong evidence to question that approach," Dr. Berger said.


The most compelling finding, according to Dr. Berger, was that high triglyceride levels were significantly associated with the development of stroke. In fact, women in the highest quarter of baseline triglyceride levels were nearly twice as likely to have suffered an ischemic stroke as women in the lowest quarter of triglyceride levels during the course of the study. 


Surprisingly, LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol, however, were not associated with stroke risk in this population, despite their perceived value in the medical community.


So much for statins for all eh ! My underline.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120202164536.htm


Eddie