Table 1 Studies of elderly people where high cholesterol did not predict coronary morbidity or mortality.
| Study |
n |
Mean (range) age (years) |
Sex |
Observation time (years) |
Comments |
|
| Forette et al.41 |
191 |
80 (61–100) |
F |
5 |
High t-C did not predict coronary morbidity |
| Framingham40 |
753 |
60 |
MF |
30 |
High t-C did not predict coronary mortality. Decreasing cholesterol associated with increased coronary mortality |
| Siegel et al.42 |
551 |
72 |
MF |
4 |
High t-C did not predict coronary mortality. |
| Nissinen et al.43 |
867 |
(65–74) |
M |
10 |
High t-C did not predict coronary morbidity or mortality |
| Steering Committee28 |
75 |
(60–74) |
MF |
4 |
Familial hypercholesterolemia. All cause risk of death 0.69; risk of coronary death 0.44 compared with the normal population |
| Krumholz et al.44 |
997 |
78.8 (> 70) |
MF |
4 |
High t-C did not predict coronary morbidity or mortality |
| Weijenberg et al.45 |
272 |
(>64) |
MF |
17 |
High t-C did not predict CHD mortality in men |
| Simons et al.46 |
2627 |
(> 60) |
MF |
5 |
High t-C did not predict coronary mortality |
| Weijenberg et al.47 |
885 |
(64–84) |
MF |
5 |
High t-C did not predict coronary morbidity |
| Räihä et al.48 |
347 |
(> 65) |
MF |
11 |
High t-C and LDL-C did not predict coronary mortality |
| Simons et al.49 |
2805 |
(> 69) |
MF |
11 |
High t-C and LDL-C did not predict coronary disease |
| Abbott et al.50 |
4614 |
(65–93) |
M |
26 |
High t-C did not predict coronary disease |
|
t-C, total serum cholesterol; LDL-C, serum low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. Where nothing is stated, LDL-C was not analysed.
