Fig. 1: Illustrating the difference between total, direct, and indirect effects, using a hypothetical diagram of intermediate-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary heart disease. | Communications Medicine

Fig. 1: Illustrating the difference between total, direct, and indirect effects, using a hypothetical diagram of intermediate-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary heart disease.

From: Biomedical consequences of elevated cholesterol-containing lipoproteins and apolipoproteins on cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular outcomes

Fig. 1

IDL-C intermediate-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, CHD coronary heart disease, and common causes (confounders) represented by U.

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