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Metabolic Syndrome Institute
NEWS
» 05/09 - Metabolic syndrome factors as important accelerators for type 2 diabetes in the Anglo-Celtic but not in the Chinese population
» 05/08 - Requirement for glucose-lowering therapy should prompt intensive prophylactic treatment for cardiovascular diseases
» 05/07 - Significant increase of overweight and obesity during the 1990s in China
» 05/06 - Obesity associated to an increased risk of aeroallergen sensitization and allergic asthma
» 05/05 - Eating meals irregularly as a novel risk factor for metabolic syndrome
» 05/02 - Metabolic syndrome independently associated with the presence and extent of coronary atherosclerotic plaques
» 04/30 - A genotype score of nine validated single-nucleotide polymorphisms as an independent risk factor for incident cardiovascular disease
» 04/29 - Abdominal adiposity in women strongly associated with all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality independently of body mass index
» 04/28 - Central obesity in midlife increases risk of dementia independently of diabetes and cardiovascular comorbidities
» 04/25 - A population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in Lausanne
HIGHLIGHT
Nonfasting triglyceride levels independently associated with incident cardiovascular events
Fasting triglyceride levels show little independent association.
The importance of triglycerides in cardiovascular risk is controversial. Triglycerides are typically determined in the fasting state, yet postprandial hypertriglyceridaemia may play an important role in atherosclerosis. This study sought to determine the association of fasting versus nonfasting triglyceride levels and risk of future cardiovascular events.
