ACC 2024

Multi-organ disease is common among US adults with moderate and severe hypertriglyceridaemia (200-499 mg/dL and ≥500 mg/dL, respectively). This is the conclusion of a study using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000 to 2017-2020 data on approximately 24,500 non-institutionalised US adults who fasted overnight prior to a study visit.

The relationship between hypertriglyceridaemia and all-cause mortality remains unclear, in the wake of a US Veterans retrospective study which failed to show a significant association.