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Abstract
Mounting evidence indicates that elevated triglyceride level is a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). The role of triglyceride as a causative agent for CHD is less clear. Hypertriglyceridemia is frequently associated with a set of complex metabolic abnormalities, including low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, small dense low-density lipoprotein, central obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. Understanding the physiologic processes that lead to the metabolic disturbances associated with hypertriglyceridemia is essential in investigating the effect of triglyceride on CHD risk.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12379171 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-002-0112-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Cardiol Rep ISSN: 1523-3782 Impact factor: 2.931