Serum Triglyceride Levels and Cardiovascular Disease Events in Koreans - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1159/000380941. Epub 2015 May 12.

Jung Bok Lee, Seon Ha Kim, Min-Woo Jo, Jenie Yoonoo Hwang, Sung Jin Bae, Chang Hee Jung, Woo Je Lee, Joong-Yeol Park, Gyung-Min Park, Young-Hak Kim, Hong-Kyu Kim, Jaewon Choe

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Serum Triglyceride Levels and Cardiovascular Disease Events in Koreans

Eun Hee Kim et al. Cardiology. 2015.

Abstract

Objectives: Hypercholesterolemia, especially elevated levels of LDL-cholesterol, is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the role of triglycerides in CVD risk remains controversial.

Methods: We enrolled 86,476 individuals who had undergone a general health checkup at Asan Medical Center between January 2007 and June 2011. After exclusion criteria were applied to the total cohort, 76,434 participants were included. CVD events and death were gathered from the nationwide health insurance claims database and death certificates using ICD-10 codes.

Results: Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of the higher triglyceride group were significantly increased: 1.52 (95% CI: 1.27-1.82) for major CVD events, 1.53 (95% CI: 1.24-1.88) for major ischemic heart disease events, and 1.49 (95% CI: 1.37-1.63) for overall CVD events. After adjustment for multiple risk factors including HDL-cholesterol, ORs for overall CVD events were significantly increased in the higher triglyceride group. When the analysis was stratified according to BMI, hypertension, and glycemic status at baseline, age- and sex-adjusted ORs for the outcomes were significantly increased in the higher triglyceride group with nonobese, normotensive, or nondiabetic subjects.

Conclusions: Hypertriglyceridemia is independently associated with an increased risk for CVD, especially in nonobese, normotensive, or nondiabetic individuals.

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