2023
Case report: Coronary atherosclerosis in a patient with long-standing very low LDL-C without lipid-lowering therapy
Mottola G, Welty F, Mojibian H, Faridi K. Case report: Coronary atherosclerosis in a patient with long-standing very low LDL-C without lipid-lowering therapy. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2023, 10: 1272944. PMID: 37795488, PMCID: PMC10546007, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1272944.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesLipid-lowering therapyLDL-C levelsCoronary atherosclerosisLow LDL-C levelsLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolCardiovascular risk factorsLeft coronary systemRight coronary arteryLow serum levelsDevelopment of atherosclerosisNonobstructive coronary atherosclerosisRoutine laboratory dataTomography angiography scansApoB-containing lipoproteinsHeterozygous familial hypobetalipoproteinemiaAnomalous originMyxoma resectionAcute strokeAtrial myxomaCardiovascular riskLipoprotein cholesterolPlaque regressionDiabetes mellitusPrimordial preventionSerum levels
2017
Vitamin D deficiency and non-lipid biomarkers of cardiovascular risk
Faridi KF, Lupton JR, Martin SS, Banach M, Quispe R, Kulkarni K, Jones SR, Michos ED. Vitamin D deficiency and non-lipid biomarkers of cardiovascular risk. Archives Of Medical Science 2017, 13: 732-737. PMID: 28721139, PMCID: PMC5510501, DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2017.68237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiovascular riskOdds ratioCardiovascular diseaseHigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteinUric acidElevated levelsMultivariable-adjusted modelsVitamin D deficiencyC-reactive proteinClinical laboratory databaseCross-sectional analysisUnited States populationD deficiencyDeficient womenHs-CRPSD ageElevated biomarkersVitamin DD levelsLaboratory databaseLogistic regressionΓ-glutamyltransferaseCreatinineBiomarkersWomenSerum vitamin D and change in lipid levels over 5 y: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
Faridi KF, Zhao D, Martin SS, Lupton JR, Jones SR, Guallar E, Ballantyne CM, Lutsey PL, Michos ED. Serum vitamin D and change in lipid levels over 5 y: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Nutrition 2017, 38: 85-93. PMID: 28526388, PMCID: PMC5443111, DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2017.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident dyslipidemiaLipid changesLongitudinal community-based studyAdjusted average differencesDemographic-adjusted modelsLipid-lowering therapySerum vitamin DCommunity-based studyBaseline dyslipidemiaLipid trendsIncident useCardiovascular riskClinical characteristicsSD ageVitamin DARIC studyAtherosclerosis RiskCardiovascular diseaseLipid levelsDyslipidemiaCommunity studyRatio of TCHDLMixed effects modelsBaseline