HDL-c and arterial calcification in midlife women: does an HDL paradox exist?

1Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 3Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Address correspondence to: JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, NCMP, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School, 900 Commonwealth Avenue, 3rd fl, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail: [email protected] Received 3 December, 2020 Revised 4 December, 2020 Accepted 4 December, 2020 Contributors: M.D. and J.E.M. contributed to the conception and design of the editorial, M.D. drafted the first version of the manuscript, J.E.M. critically revised the editorial for important intellectual content, and M.D. finalized the manuscript. Funding/support: None. Financial disclosure/conflicts of interest: J.E.M. receives funding from the NIH. M.D. has nothing to disclose.