The report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) said: Atherosclerotic plaques are present in 50 percent of middle-aged individuals (40-54 years old) with no classical cardiovascular risk factors. The report was based on nearly 1,800 people who had no classical risk factors for heart disease or stroke. LDL cholesterol was the top predictor of arteries that were in the process of hardening but had not yet caused a health crisis.
We may be middle-aged and pride ourself on being perfectly healthy – normal weight, no diabetes, don't smoke – but we still may have clogged arteries.Urging stronger measures to lower cholesterol, researchers have warned that a high level of so-called "bad cholesterol," or LDL-C, is the main reason why apparently healthy individuals suffer heart attacks or strokes in middle age. "Even in people with optimal blood pressure, blood sugar, and…
