[HTML][HTML] Relationship between serum cholesterol and indices of erythrocytes and platelets in the US population [S]

MB Fessler, K Rose, Y Zhang, R Jaramillo… - Journal of lipid …, 2013 - ASBMB
Whereas dyslipidemia has been associated with leukocytosis, the relationship between
serum cholesterol and other hematopoietic lineages is poorly defined. Erythrocytes and
platelets, anucleate cells relegated to nonspecific diffusional exchange of cholesterol with
serum, have been proposed to have a distinct relationship to cholesterol from leukocytes.
We examined the relationship between serum cholesterol and circulating
erythrocyte/platelet indices in 4,469 adult participants of the National Health and Nutrition …