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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive cardiology2020

Estimated ASCVD risk according to statin use in US adults with borderline triglycerides: Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2014.

Wenjun Fan, Sephy Philip, Peter P Toth, Craig Granowitz, Wong Nathan D

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Article in American journal of preventive cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wenjun FanHeart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine, USA.
Sephy PhilipAmarin Pharma Inc, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
Peter P TothDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Craig GranowitzAmarin Pharma Inc, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
Wong Nathan DHeart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine, USA.
Amarin (United States) · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

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Abstract

backgroundElevated triglycerides (TGs) are associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite statin therapy, many US adults have borderline or elevated TG levels. Not characterized is the ASCVD risk associated with borderline TG levels in statin users, including the estimated number of adults who will sustain ASCVD events.

methodsWe studied 4986 US adults (weighted to 113 million) aged 40-74 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2007-2014. The proportion of persons at low (<5%), borderline (5-<7.5%), intermediate (7.5-<20%), and high (≥20%) 10-year ASCVD risk among those on statins was quantified for low (<70 ​mg/dL, 70-<100 ​mg/dL), borderline (100-<135 ​mg/dL and 135-<150 ​mg/dL), borderline high (150-<200 ​mg/dL), and elevated (≥200 ​mg/dL) TGs. Multiple logistic regression examined these TG categories in relation to high risk status.

resultsOverall, 18.6% of participants had TG ​< ​70 ​mg/dL, 24.2% TG 70-<100 ​mg/dL, 22.0% TG 100-<135 ​mg/dL, 6.2% TG 135-<150 ​mg/dL, 15.0% TG 150-<200 ​mg/dL, and 14.0% TG ​≥ ​200 ​mg/dL. Mean 10-year ASCVD risk for these groups were 5.6%, 6.9%, 7.8%, 10.3%, 9.6% and 10.8%, respectively (p ​< ​0.0001). One-fifth or more of statin users with TGs over 135 ​mg/dL were at ≥ 20% 10-year ASCVD risk and ≥60% of persons in all TG groups were at borderline or higher ASCVD risk. Compared to those with TGs <70 ​mg/dL, multiple logistic regression showed odds ratios of 3.1 to 4.6 (p ​< ​0.05 to p ​< ​0.01) for those in TG groups ≥135 ​mg/dL in the overall sample, but 3.4 to 8.1 (p ​< ​0.05 to p < 0.01) for those in TG groups of ≥100 ​mg/dL in statin users, despite adjustment including HDL-C.

conclusionMany US adults with borderline levels of TGs are at elevated ASCVD risk despite statin therapy, suggesting the need first for greater lifestyle modification efforts, and when indicated, evidence-based therapies known to reduce this residual ASCVD risk.

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Cardiovascular diseaseDyslipidemiaRisk estimationTriglycerides

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