In the Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER), patients experienced the fewest cardiovascular events when achieving both a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) <70 mg/dL and a high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) <2 mg/L.

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• Person: Not available Organization: National Lipid Association
  EBM Tools for Practice: Best Biomarkers for Inflammation

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• EBM Tools for Practice: Best Biomarkers for Inflammation www.lipid.org National Lipid Association via serper

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• high-sensitivity C-reactive protein concept
• cardiovascular events concept
• low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concept