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High blood pressure and diabetes may pose less of a stroke risk as people age.

Chronic kidney disease is more likely to develop among individuals living in the southeastern US stroke belt.

The following is a summary of "Race-Dependent Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels With Incident Coronary Artery Disease" published in the November 2022 issue of Cardiology by Zakai et al. Due in part to racial differences in lipid connections with coronary heart disease (CHD), plasma lipids are risk factors for the condition. For a study,

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Study finds that high levels of HDL may not be protective against heart disease, and low levels were linked to higher heart attack risk in just white participants but not Black participants.

A new study examined whether high-density lipoprotein cholesterol offered health benefits against cardiovascular events. The study compared health records between two race groups.

New research shows cholesterol metrics commonly used to gauge heart disease risk are not equally predictive for Black and white people.

New research has found that HDL cholesterol may not be as good for you as previously thought.

Also, higher levels of HDL cholesterol were not found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease for either group.