WEBMD - Raising 'Good' Cholesterol May Cut Heart Risk in Diabetes Patients, Oct 18, 2011

"Oct. 7, 2011 -- Raising levels of HDL "good" cholesterol might play an important role in reducing heart disease and stroke risk in patients with type 2 diabetes, a new study shows.

Kaiser Permanente researchers reviewed the medical records of 30,067 type 2 diabetes patients who had their HDL measured twice, six to 24 months apart, in 2001 to 2006. The researchers looked at whether the patients had subsequently been hospitalized for heart disease or stroke.

They compared the hospitalization risk for people whose HDL levels rose or fell between the two measurements with those whose HDL levels remained fairly stable."

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