It's more the former -- we've gotten so good at detecting high cholesterol and reducing it, that the majority of residual risk is now in the other factors.
(There are some people who dispute whether cholesterol is causative, but most cardiologists believe LDL cholesterol, or ApoB, causes heart attacks and strokes --based on both mechanistic evidence and randomized control trials.)
(There are some people who dispute whether cholesterol is causative, but most cardiologists believe LDL cholesterol, or ApoB, causes heart attacks and strokes --based on both mechanistic evidence and randomized control trials.)