The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-infected patients has been associated with the development of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CD) including dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia being the most frequent metabolic disturbance in these patients. Fibrates are indicated when hypertriglyceridemia is accentuated and persists for over six mon...

introduction h syndrome (omim 612391) is an autosomal recessive disease with some features such as hyperpigmentation, hypertrichosis, heart anomalies, hepatosplenomegaly, hearing deficit, hypogonadism, short stature, flexion contracture of fingers and toes and hypertriglyceridemia. case presentation a 17-year-old boy with hyperpigmented, hypertrichotic and indurated seborrheic keratosis-like cu...

background: the purpose of this study was to explore any gender-related differences in prevalence of and condition-associ­ated factors related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) amongst police population in taipei, taiwan. methods: we studied a total of 1016 healthy adults with police work (972 males and 44 females) voluntarily admitted to physical check-up between january 2006 and de...

pathogenic factors that may contribute to hypertriglyceridemia were studied in 55 patients who have been undergoing chronic hemodialysis treatment. increased levels of triglyceride were observed in the patient group compared to normal controls (19o±93 mg/dl vs. 121±45 mg/dl, p

AIMS To study the relationship between thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) and pancreatic β-cell function in patients with impaired glucose regulation and patients with both impaired glucose regulation and hypertriglyceridemia. METHODS We analyzed a population of 90 patients with impaired glucose regulation (IGR), 87 patients with IGR and hypertriglyceridemia, and 90 subjects with normal ...

BACKGROUND Recently, five branched-chain and aromatic amino acids were shown to be associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). AIM We set out to examine whether amino acids are also associated with the development of hypertriglyceridemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS We determined the serum amino acids concentrations of 1,125 individuals of the KORA S4 baseline study, for which f...

Background: Regulated upon activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES) is associated with inflammation and atherosclerosis. We investigated the effect of fenofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-a (PPAR-a) agonist, on RANTES in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with hypertriglyceridemia. Material/Methods: This study evaluated cross-sectional and interventi...

INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the risk of hypertriglyceridemia and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Current literature reveals the beneficial effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) in hypertriglyceridemia treatment, however the safety for type 2 diabetic subjects are still debatable. This literature review discusses the safety on glucos...

CONTEXT Propofol can cause acute pancreatitis related to hypertriglyceridemia, however, other mechanisms may also exist. CASE REPORT A 71-year-old male on propofol infusion in the intensive care setting, developed acute pancreatitis as confirmed biochemically and by imaging. He did not have any elevation of triglycerides and on propofol re-challenge, had recurrence of pancreatitis with the ab...