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Randox Laboratories, ltd.
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High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are one of the major
classes of plasma lipoproteins. They are composed of a
number of heterogeneous particles, including cholesterol
and vary with respect to size and content of lipid and
apolipoprotein. HDL serve to remove cholesterol from
the peripheral cells to the liver, where the cholesterol is
converted to bile acids and excreted into the intestine.
An inverse relationship between HDL-cholesterol (HDLC)
levels in serum and the incidence/prevalence of
coronary heart disease (CHD) has been demonstrated in
a number of epidemiological studies. The importance o
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