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Re: Dietary Cholesterol, or what? Re: cholesterol and heart disease
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Richard Archer <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:55:58 +1100
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At 6:13 -0500 28/11/02, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

>But a high blood cholesterol *is* a *strong marker* for heart and artery
>diseases.

Are you sure about that? How then do you explain the French Paradox?


Average total cholesterol level
France 6.1mmol/l
UK 6.2mmol/l

Average HDL 'good cholesterol'
France 1.3mmol/l
UK 1.3mmol/l

Average systolic blood pressure
France 150mmHg
UK 148mmHg

Average body mass index (BMI)
France 26.6kg/m2
UK 26.6kg/m2

Rate of smoking
France 33%
UK 29%


Consumption of saturated fat % of calories
France 25.7%
UK 27.0%

Rate of type II diabetes (amalgamation of a number of studies)
France ~2.0%
UK ~2.0%

Death rate from CHD ICD 414 classification
France 128/100,000/year
UK 487/100,000/year


Figures from http://www.redflagsweekly.com/kendrick/2002_nov14.html

 ...R.

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