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Article: Research from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital provides new data on hypertriglyceridemia.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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According to recent research published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, "The prevalence and incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are relatively high in Taiwanese patients than in patients of other Countries, particularly in the older age groups. Dyslipidemia in patients with CKD has been recognized as a risk factor for disease progression but the role of triglycerides (TGs) remains controversial."
"With this regard, we evaluated the effects of hypertriglyceridemia oil renal function in Taiwanese adults (aged >= 40 years). Front January 2002 to December 2006, WC Conducted a community-based medical screening program in Chiayi County with 18,422 ...
<60 mL min 1.73 m(2). Age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, and serum total cholesterol were considered as potential confounders. The CKD was prevalent in 24.2% of the middle-aged and elderly population. By using Multiple logistic regression models, we determined that old age and elevated levels of body mass index, systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, and cholesterol were associated with CKD. The adjusted odds ratios of CKD in participants with serum TG><0.05) and in participants with serum TG>
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