title: The importance of triglycerides: results from the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) Study.
abstract: In the PROCAM study hypertriglyceridaemia was much more common among men (18.6%) than women (4.2%). Prevalence increased with age in women, but remained nearly constant at about 20% in men aged 35 years or more. In a multiple regression analysis a strong negative correlation between triglycerides and HDL cholesterol was found. A positive relationship was observed with cholesterol, blood glucose, factor VIIc, and PAI-1 in both sexes. Only in men, triglycerides are positively correlated with Apo A-I, body mass index, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption. Postmenopausal women showed higher triglyceride levels than premenopausal women. No independent relationships were observed to age, blood pressure, Lp(a), Apo A-II, Apo B, AT-III, protein C, fibrinogen, and oral contraceptives. A longitudinal analysis of data from 4474 male PROCAM participants aged 40-64 years with a follow-up of 4 years did not identify triglycerides as an independent risk factor, but the data suggest hypertriglyceridaemia is an additional risk factor for CHD, when excessive triglycerides coincide with a high ratio of plasma cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol and with low HDL-cholesterol values.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Universität Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulte
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007009:Hypolipoproteinemias / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides