Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists found an association between low plasma cholesterol ester transfer protein activity and increased risk of heart disease in the Framingham Heart Study population.

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