All-cause and cardiovascular mortality in treated patients with severe hypertriglyceridaemia: A long-term prospective registry study.

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OBJECTIVE: To examine all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with severe hypertriglyceridaemia. METHODS: 337 patients aged less than 80 years (47 with diabetes, 75 women) with a fasting triglyceride concentration on at least two occasions of >5.0mmol/l were registered by 21 lipid clinics in the United Kingdom and followed prospectively between 1980 and 2008 for 4353 person-years. The standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was calculated by comparison with the general population. RE...

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Authors: Neil, H; Cooper, J; Betteridge, D; Capps, N; McDowell, I

• Journal: Atherosclerosis
• Volume: 211
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 618-623
• Publication date: 2010-08-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.03.006
• EISSN: 1879-1484
• ISSN: 0021-9150
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Prospective Studies; Adult; Cohort Studies; Registries; Coronary Disease; Humans; Cardiovascular Diseases; Simon Broome Familial Hyperlipidaemia Register Group; Myocardial Infarction; Risk; Follow-Up Studies; Triglycerides; Middle Aged; Male; Hypertriglyceridemia