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The Importance of Particle Numbers in Cholesterol
A high particle number means you're more likely to have smaller particles that are going to get into the wall and be eaten by macrophages. Whether we should check for LDL particle, LDL particle number or for APOB is really a matter of preference by physician. In my experience, APOB is one cheaper and two more consistent than looking at particle numbers.