If ldl-c is the answer, what was the question? what does the data really show?

Jeopardy!: Question: what component of the total cholesterol measurement is most associated with the development of heart disease and stroke? The data shows that small, dense LDL particles are the single most significant abnormality that we can detect in reference to abnormal lipid metabolism and that statins, through a variety of pleomorphic mechanisms, mitigate that risk to a large degree.