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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2011 Sep;18(9):994–1000. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318212539d

FIG. 1.

FIG. 1

Progression of atherosclerosis as the TPC/HDL-C ratio increases. Plaques are defined as iliac artery intimal areas greater than 0.2 mm2. This figure suggests that the TPC/HDL-C ratio at which the progression of atherosclerosis begins is 6. TPC/HDL-C, total plasma cholesterol/high density lipoprotein ratio.