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Published: 07 February 2019

Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort study among 12.8 million adults

Sang-Wook Yi, Jee-Jeon Yi & Heechoul Ohrr 

Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 1596 (2019) Cite this article

In conclusion, U-curve relationships between TC and mortality were found, regardless of sex and age. TC ranges associated with the

in each sex-age subgroup, except for the youngest groups of men, aged 18–34 years (180–219 mg/dL), and women aged 18–34 years (160–199 mg/dL) and 35–44 years (180–219 mg/dL). Inverse associations in the range