Low concentrations of HDL (below 40 mg/dL for men, below 50 mg/dL for women) increase the risk for atherosclerotic diseases. Data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study showed that, for a given level of LDL, the risk of heart disease increases 10-fold as the HDL varies from high to low.
evacuation. 1  the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents. 2  Physiology. discharge, as of waste matter through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels. 3  something evacuated or discharged. 4  the removal of persons or things from an endangered area.
D&E means: dilation and evacuation, usually refers to a second trimester procedure carried out in a similar way that a D&C, but uses a vacuum tool when a pregnancy is no longer viable, the baby passes away or if necessary after a naturally-completed miscarriage.