Plasma Triglyceride Level and Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease
- 29 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (17) , 1220-1225
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199304293281702
Abstract
Whether the plasma triglyceride level is a risk factor for coronary heart disease has been controversial, and evaluation of the triglyceride level as a risk factor is fraught with methodologic difficulties.Keywords
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