Elsevier, Journal of Clinical Lipidology, 5(7), p. 414-422
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2013.06.007
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BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of therapies that raise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) to lower cardiovascular disease risk is currently under debate, and further research into the relationship between HDL-C and function is required. OBJECTIVE: o investigate whether 2 established HDL-C-raising therapies had differential effects on parameters of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) quality and function, such as HDL particle profile and cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), in patients with dyslipidemia. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty-six patients with dyslipidemia, 24 with low HDL-C levels (