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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Lipidol. 2008 Dec;3(6):637–649. doi: 10.2217/17460875.3.6.637

Figure 5. Prevalence of cardiovascular disease according to the presence of the metabolic syndrome and high oxidized LDL.

Figure 5

As expected, the metabolic syndrome was associated with a higher odds ratio for cardiovascular disease. In agreement with our earlier studies, high ox-LDL was associated with a higher prevalence. The highest prevalence was observed in persons with the metabolic syndrome and high ox-LDL. In the left panel, absolute levels of ox-LDL (expressed in mg/dl) were used. In the right panel, the ox-LDL-to-LDL-cholesterol ratios were used. Data are from the Health ABC study [56].

CVD: Cardiovascular disease; MS: Metabolic syndrome; OR: Odds ratio; ox-LDL: Oxidized LDL.