Lower the Triglyceride, Longer the Survival

Abstract

Background: We tried to determine the safest triglyceride value in the plasma. Methods: Check up cases with a triglyceride value lower than 60 mg/dL were collected into the first, lower than 100 mg/dL into the second, lower than 150 mg/dL into the third, lower than 200 mg/dL into the fourth, and equal to or greater than 200 mg/dL into the fifth groups, respectively. Results: Study included 478 cases (288 females and 190 males), totally. Mean values of age, body weight, body mass index, triglyceride, and low density lipoprotein cholesterol and prevalences of smoking, white coat hypertension (WCH), hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and coronary artery disease (CAD) increased nearly in all steps from the first towards the fifth groups, gradually and significantly (p<0.05). Conclusions: Probably metabolic syndrome is a chronic inflammatory process mainly affecting the vascular endothelium all over the body and terminating with early aging and premature death. The syndrome has reversible parameters including sedentary life style, animal-rich diet, overweight, smoking, alcohol, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperbetalipoproteinemia, dyslipidemia, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, WCH, chronic inflammations and infections and irreversible end points including obesity, hypertension, DM, cirrhosis, peripheric artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal disease, CAD, mesenteric ischemia, osteoporosis, and stroke. Hypertriglyceridemia may be one of the most significant reversible parameters of the syndrome, and it is better to have the lowest plasma triglyceride value as much as possible to live longer.