Low serum lathosterol levels associate with fatal cardiovascular disease and excess all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study.

Importance: A more precise identification of patients at "high cardiovascular risk" is preeminent in cardiovascular risk stratification.

Objective: To investigate the relationships between markers of cholesterol homeostasis, cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.

Design, Setting And Participants: We quantified markers of cholesterol homeostasis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in 377 subjects with suspected coronary artery disease, who were not on lipid-lowering drugs at baseline.

Plasma levels of the oxyphytosterol 7α-hydroxycampesterol are associated with cardiovascular events.

Background And Aims: There are safety issues regarding plant sterol ester-enriched functional food. Oxidized plant sterols, also called oxyphytosterols, are supposed to contribute to plant sterol atherogenicity. This study aimed to analyze associations of plasma oxyphytosterol levels with cardiovascular events.