[Clinical features of patients with hypertriglyceridemia referred to lipid units: registry of hypertrigliceridemia of the Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society].
OBJECTIVE
to show clinical features of subjects with hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) referred to the Lipid Units associated to Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society (ULSEA).


METHODS
it is a prospective, cross-sectional, multicentric study of patients with serum Tgs > 200mg/dL, recruited from January 2007 to December 2008. Demographic, drug therapies, anthropometrical, main diagnosis and biochemical parameters were registered.


RESULTS
We included 1,033 men and 361 women, 50±12 years-old. Vascular disease, smoking, alcohol intake and liver steatosis were more prevalent in men than in women; by contrast, hypertension, diabetes and abdominal obesity were they in women. Regular physical exercise and a healthy diet were kept sparsely. Most patients suffered from a primary HTG (54%), mainly familial combined hyperlipidemia or familial hypertriglyceridemia. Obesity, alcohol intake and diabetes were the most common secondary forms of HTG. Among patients, 27% were diet-only treated, 44% received drugs in monotherapy and 24% drugs in combinations.


CONCLUSIONS
Although primary forms of HTG are common, we show here a high prevalence of secondary forms and conditions worsening the HTG, being smoking and alcohol intake in men and abdominal obesity and diabetes in women. Even though most patients are drug-treated, diet and regular exercise recommendations should be clearly improved.
Unidad de Lípidos, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, España.
Pedro
P
Valdivielso
Xavier
X
Pintó
Rocio
R
Mateo-Gallego
Lluis
L
Masana
Luis
L
Alvarez-Sala
Estíbaliz
E
Jarauta
Manuel
M
Suárez
Carlota
C
García-Arias
Nuria
N
Plana
Fernando
F
Laguna
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013030:Spain