Mireia Junyent

TL;DR: Both IMT and plaque frequency were associated with age in men and women and carotid IMT values in a Spanish community cohort were lower than those reported for countries with higher cardiovascular risk, such as Northern European countries and the US.

TL;DR: Because the HDL cholesterol level and the total cholesterol/HDL ratio are strong predictors of preclinical carotid atherosclerosis, HDL cholesterol-raising strategies should have an important therapeutic role in FH.

TL;DR: Higher phospholipid proportions of oleic, alpha-linolenic, and docosahexaenoic acids showed inverse associations with IMT at specific carotid segments in subjects with primary dyslipidemia, which might explain the Spanish paradox of low IHD rates in the face of a high burden of cardiovascular risk factors.

TL;DR: FH and FCH subjects show increased carotid atherosclerosis in relation to classical risk factors and Lipoprotein subclasses do not substantially contribute to IMT variability.