ApoB in 60 Seconds: The Essentials- What you need to know.
You’ve probably heard of LDL (“bad” cholesterol), but there’s a better way to measure your risk for heart disease and it starts with a gene called APOB.
Here’s the short version:
ApoB is a protein that helps carry cholesterol through your blood.
Every LDL, VLDL, and Lp(a) particle (types of cholesterol) has one ApoB protein.
That means the number of ApoB proteins in your blood tells you how many of these potentially harmful particles are floating around.
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