If it does not fit the hypothesis, call it a Paradox, simple! Yeh! Mounting evidence from last two decades has not stopped big pharmas from marketting statins. Jan. 2008 NY Times article came out with clear indication that LDL numbers and heart desease are not related.
Many skeptics, like Dr. Kendrick, have been shouting from the roof-top just as much (sadly without much effect).
But Dr. Kendrick is right on the money!
"However, what I found far more interesting than this bald statistic was the fact that there appeared to be absolutely no relationship between the percentage of men with high cholesterol levels, and the rate of heart disease in those countries (with the possible exception of China). A fact that appears to have passed without comment. Least said soonest mended?"
"For example, the rate of CHD in Russia is enormously high, yet the prevalence of high cholesterol levels in Russia was third lowest. On the other hand the rate of CHD in France is very low, yet the prevalence of high cholesterol levels in France was in the top half of the table."
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