ApoB Explained: What Your LDL Test Doesn’t Tell You
For decades, LDL cholesterol has been the go-to metric for assessing heart disease risk. But growing research suggests there's a better predictor: ApoB. But is it a predictor in itself, or is it a marker of something even more important?
Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is a protein found on all potentially harmful lipoprotein particles, like LDL, VLDL, and remnants. Because each particle carries one ApoB, it offers a direct count of the total number of atherogenic particles, something LDL cholesterol can’t do.
In this video, Dr. Bret Scher breaks down the key differences between LDL and ApoB, how…
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