QUOTE: Results from the 20-year examination showed that 243 (12.9%) of these 1889 participants had developed metabolic syndrome. After adjustment for many different variables, oxidized LDL showed a graded relation to incident metabolic syndrome, with those in the highest quintile of oxidized LDL having a 3.5-times increased risk of metabolic syndrome compared with those in the lowest... UNQUOTE.
Remember there is evidence demonstrating that LDL molecules which contains a lot of PUFAs are much more susceptible to oxidation.
SOURCE: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574827 |
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