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OPTIMAL LDL CHOLESTEROL < 70 MG/DL, SCIENTIFIC UPDATE 9/18/08, CHARLES J. GLUECK MD, DIRECTOR ALLIANCE CHOLESTEROL CENTER. Phone 513-924-8250, Fax 513-924-8273, address 3200 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati OH, 45229, email glueckch@healthall.com

The primary and secondary prevention and atherosclerosis regression studies below in aggregate suggest that for optimal effects, LDL cholesterol should be lowered well below 100 mg/dl, to levels <70 mg/dl.

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