Are remnant-like particles independent predictors of coronary heart disease incidence?
RLP levels predicted CHD incidence independently of nonlipid risk factors and of total cholesterol or high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. However, RLP levels did not provide additional information about CHD incidence over and above total triglyceride levels. Therefore, this study does not support the need for testing of remnants in men if measures of fasting triglycerides are available.
Using Framingham Risk Score alone under estimated the coronary heart disease risk in low SES persons. This bias was not eliminated by subsequent changes in Framingham risk score variables.