Associations of Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality in Older Adults in China
Ni W, Lv Y, Yuan X, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Zheng Y, Shi X, Xu J. Associations of Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality in Older Adults in China. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2024, dgae116. PMID: 38436437, DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgae116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCause-specific mortalityAssociation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterolAll-causeOlder adultsLDL-C levelsLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolAssociated with increased cancer mortalityHazard ratioRisk of all-cause mortalityCVD-specific mortalityLDL-CMultivariable-adjusted HRCardiovascular diseaseProspective cohort studyLipoprotein cholesterolAll-cause mortalityCox proportional hazards modelsOther-cause mortalityHealthy aging researchProportional hazards modelCancer mortalityVital statusMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelLow LDL-C levelsMedian follow-up time