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The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk
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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a well-established mediator of atherosclerosis and a key target for intervention for the primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD. However, despite substantial reduction in LDL-C, patients continue to have recurrent ASCVD events. Hypertriglyceridemia may be an important contributor of this residual risk. Observational and genetic epidemiological data strongly support a causal role of triglycerides (TGs) and the cholesterol content within triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TGRLs) and/or remnant cholesterol (RC) in the development of ASCVD.
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“However, the association was attenuated after adjustment for HDL-C”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
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- Partly supportedcites [72] Di Angelantonio, 2009, Major lipids, apolipoproteins, and risk of vascular disease, JAMA sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (Triglyceride; page not provided) report that the triglyceride–CHD association weakened after adjustment for both HDL-C and non-HDL-C. The passage does not establish that adjustment for HDL-C alone produced the attenuation described in the claim. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“They found that the strength of an SNP's effect on TG levels correlated strongly with the magnitude of effect on CAD, after adjustment for the SNP's effects on LDL-C and HDL-C”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [116] Do, 2013, Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease, Nat Genet source
The Abstract states that the strength of a SNP’s effect on triglycerides correlates with its effect on CAD risk even after accounting for its effects on LDL-C and/or HDL-C. It also reports a strong association across 185 SNPs after adjustment for both LDL-C and HDL-C (P = 1×10−9). (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“a well-known limitation of Mendelian randomization analyses is that they are susceptible to genetic pleiotropy”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
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- Supportedcites [110] Musunuru, 2016, Surprises from genetic analyses of lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis, Circ Res source
In “The Mendelian randomization study design,” the paper identifies pleiotropy as a possible shortcoming: a DNA variant may affect disease risk through mechanisms other than the biomarker being tested, undermining the causal inference. This directly supports the cited limitation. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Two large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy of extended-release niacin vs placebo on background statin therapy in individuals with established ASCVD did not demonstrate a reduction in vascular events”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
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- Partly supportedcites [18] Boden, 2011, Niacin in patients with low HDL cholesterol levels receiving intensive statin therapy, N Engl J Med sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Study Design and Study Population sections describe a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 3,414 patients, and the Discussion reports no significant reduction in cardiovascular events with extended-release niacin added to intensive statin therapy. This paper establishes the result for one trial, not two: its Discussion says the other large niacin trial, HPS2-THRIVE, was still in follow-up. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Could not verifycites [19] Crosby, 2014, Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease, N Engl J Med sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discovery Cohorts and APOC3 loss-of-function results sections describe genetic associations with coronary heart disease, not niacin treatment trials. Searches for extended-release niacin, placebo, background statin therapy, and vascular events found no passage in our copy addressing the two claimed randomized trials. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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“Volanesorsen (previously known as ISIS-APOC-III RX ) is a second-generation ASO developed to inhibit apoCIII”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Emerging TG-Lowering Therapies
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- Partly supportedcites [170] Gaudet, 2015, Antisense inhibition of apolipoprotein C-III in patients with hypertriglyceridemia, N Engl J Med sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The RESULTS passage describes ISIS 304801 as a second-generation antisense oligonucleotide designed to reduce APOC3 mRNA, supporting the drug class and intended target. Our copy does not identify ISIS 304801 as volanesorsen or ISIS-APOC-III RX, so it does not establish the name equivalence in the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Mendelian randomization studies of variants associated with TGs are commonly affected by the pleiotropic effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on multiple metabolic pathways affecting plasma lipids, including HDL-C and LDL-C”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [110] Musunuru, 2016, Surprises from genetic analyses of lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis, Circ Res source
In “Plasma triglyceride-rich lipoproteins as causal,” the paper says Mendelian randomization studies using triglyceride-associated SNPs are difficult to interpret because most such SNPs have pleiotropic relationships with lipids. It specifies that 87 of 94 triglyceride-associated lead SNPs were also associated with LDL-C and/or HDL-C. (LLM, conf=0.94)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [115] Ference, 2018, Causal effect of lipids and lipoproteins on atherosclerosis: lessons from genomic studies, Cardiol Clin source
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“was nonsignificant after adjustment for non-HDL-C”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [72] Di Angelantonio, 2009, Major lipids, apolipoproteins, and risk of vascular disease, JAMA sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results > Triglyceride section reports a null association between triglycerides and coronary heart disease after adjustment: HR 0.99 (95% CI, 0.94–1.05). However, that result followed adjustment for both HDL-C and non-HDL-C; the passage does not establish that adjustment for non-HDL-C alone made the association nonsignificant. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“TGs were not associated with stroke after adjustment for lipids”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [72] Di Angelantonio, 2009, Major lipids, apolipoproteins, and risk of vascular disease, JAMA source
The Methods (Statistical Analyses; page not provided) say hazard ratios were progressively adjusted for lipid measures. The Results (Triglyceride; page not provided) report adjusted triglyceride hazard ratios close to 1 for ischemic, hemorrhagic, and unclassified stroke, with confidence intervals spanning 1. This supports the claim as a finding of no statistically significant association after adjustment. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“This finding supported the notion that plasma TG levels are an independent causal risk factor for CAD”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [116] Do, 2013, Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease, Nat Genet sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract (page unavailable) reports that genetic effects on triglycerides correlate with CAD risk after accounting for effects on LDL-C and HDL-C, supporting the cited finding. But it concludes that triglyceride-rich lipoproteins may causally influence CAD, not that plasma triglyceride levels themselves are an independent causal risk factor. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“In the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study, addition of fenofibrate to statin therapy did not result in significant beneficial effects on CVD risk”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG-Lowering Therapies
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [146] Ginsberg, 2010, Effects of combination lipid therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus, N Engl J Med source
The Results > Clinical Outcomes section reports no statistically significant reduction in the primary cardiovascular outcome when fenofibrate was added to simvastatin (hazard ratio 0.92; P = 0.32). No page number is provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“fasting and nonfasting TG levels were associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [72] Di Angelantonio, 2009, Major lipids, apolipoproteins, and risk of vascular disease, JAMA sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results > Triglyceride section reports an increased CHD risk with triglycerides after adjustment for nonlipid risk factors (HR 1.37), supporting the overall association. It does not report separate fasting and nonfasting estimates for that adjustment alone; the fasting-status estimates it does report are essentially null after further adjustment for HDL-C and non-HDL-C. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Mendelian randomization is essentially an RCT that has been performed by nature, because there is a random allocation of alleles to offspring at the time of conception that is unaffected by reverse causation and independent of environmental and genetic confounders”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
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- Partly supportedcites [110] Musunuru, 2016, Surprises from genetic analyses of lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis, Circ Res sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“The TG lowering is linear with a dose-dependent effect such that greater absolute reduction is seen in individuals with higher baseline TG levels”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Omega-3 fatty acids
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [148] Mozaffarian, 2011, Omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: effects on risk factors, molecular pathways, and clinical events, J Am Coll Cardiol source
The Cardiovascular Risk Factors section states that triglyceride lowering is linearly dose-dependent and that absolute reductions are greater at higher baseline levels, while noting variable individual responses. Figure 4 also reports a larger reduction per gram of EPA+DHA in trials with higher starting triglycerides. Page numbers were not supplied in the copy. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“This phenomenon occurs when the gene variant under study affects more than one pathway; thus, the observed association between the variant and disease risk may not be due to the biomarker of interest”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [110] Musunuru, 2016, Surprises from genetic analyses of lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis, Circ Res source
The section “The Mendelian randomization study design” explicitly defines pleiotropy as a DNA variant affecting multiple mechanisms and says that its association with disease risk may therefore not be due to the biomarker in question. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“LOF mutations in LPL are also associated with increased plasma TG levels and risk of ASCVD”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
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- Partly supportedcites [128] Wittrup, 1999, Lipoprotein lipase mutations, plasma lipids and lipoproteins, and risk of ischemic heart disease. A meta-analysis, Circulation sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Plasma Triglycerides and Postheparin Plasma Lipoprotein Lipase Activity sections report that three LPL substitutions associated with reduced enzyme activity also increased triglycerides. The Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Discussion sections report increased risk for Gly188Glu carriers, but say any increase for Asp9Asn and Asn291Ser carriers was borderline at most. The claim overgeneralizes the cardiovascular-risk association across loss-of-function mutations. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [129] Nordestgaard, 1997, Heterozygous lipoprotein lipase deficiency: frequency in the general population, effect on plasma lipid levels, and risk of ischemic heart disease, Circulation source
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“It inhibits adipose tissue lipolysis, which reduces the flux of FFAs to the liver and, therefore, leads to reduced hepatic VLDL synthesis”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Niacin
What the sources say
- Could not verifycites [167] Qin, 2011, Missense mutation in APOC3 within the C-terminal lipid binding domain of human ApoC-III results in impaired assembly and secretion of triacylglycerol-rich very low density lipoproteins: evidence that ApoC-III plays a major role in the formation of lipid precursors within the microsomal lumen, J Biol Chem sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion describes excess fatty acid influx and apoC-III’s role in hepatic VLDL assembly, but does not connect either to niacin or inhibition of adipose-tissue lipolysis. Searches for niacin, nicotinic acid, and adipose lipolysis found no passage addressing the claimed mechanism; page numbers were unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.73)
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“However, despite reductions in LDL-C levels with statins and newer lipid-lowering agents, substantial residual risk persists, with the majority of predicted first and recurrent ASCVD events not being averted”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Abstract
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“TGRL remnants have been linked to impaired coronary vasomotor function, decreased brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation, and increased carotid intima media thickness”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TGRLs and Atherosclerosis
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“In pregnancy, plasma TG levels can increase two-to fourfold during the third trimester owing to physiologic hormonal changes and are generally not clinically important”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
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“Interestingly, Mendelian randomization suggests a causal association of elevated nonfasting RC with low-grade inflammation and ischemic heart disease (IHD), whereas elevated LDL-C associates with IHD but not inflammation”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TGRL and Inflammation
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“These postprandial changes in TGs depend on baseline TG levels, fat load in the meal, and time since the last meal”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Fasting vs nonfasting measurement
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“However, the TGs are catabolized by macrophages and therefore do not accumulate in atherosclerotic plaque.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Measurement of TGs and RC
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“Although lifestyle modification remains the cornerstone for management of hypertriglyceridemia, many novel drugs are in development and have shown impressive efficacy in lowering TG levels.”
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“Early epidemiologic studies demonstrated that fasting TG levels independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and correlated well with nonfasting TG levels”
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“Other secondary causes of hypertriglyceridemia include pregnancy, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease, poorly controlled diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome, and medications”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
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“These include inhibition of hepatic lipase activity and inhibition of hepatic TGRL remnant clearance”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG Metabolism
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“Collectively, these processes lead to enhanced platelet aggregation and clot formation”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TGRL and Inflammation
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“Hypertriglyceridemia is frequently associated with concomitant lipoprotein alterations such as decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and elevated levels of non-HDL-C; small, dense and total LDL particles; intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL); and total apolipoprotein CIII (apoCIII), all of which are associated with increased ASCVD risk”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Abstract
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“Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a well-established mediator of atherosclerosis and a key target for intervention for the primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD.”
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“Accordingly, several current recommendations support the use of a random, nonfasting lipid profile in clinical practice for CV risk prediction”
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“At these levels, chylomicrons are usually the main carriers of TG in plasma.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
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“Moderately elevated TG concentrations are commonly due to suboptimal lifestyle habits, including diets enriched in simple carbohydrates and/or saturated fats, excess alcohol consumption, obesity, and sedentary behavior.”
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In the paper
“Thyroid hormone is an important regulator of LPL activity and elevated TG levels in hypothyroidism are due to decreased LPL activity”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
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In the paper
“Circulating plasma apoB-containing lipoproteins penetrate the endothelial cell lining of the artery wall in susceptible regions and enter the intimal space, where they may be trapped by interaction with subendothelial proteoglycans”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Measurement of TGs and RC
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In the paper
“TGRLs can readily penetrate the arterial wall and are susceptible to retention by connective tissue matrix through interaction of the positively charged residues (arginine and lysine) on apoB with the negatively charged sulfate groups of subendothelial proteoglycans, similar to LDL.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TGRLs and Atherosclerosis
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In the paper
“Endothelial dysfunction often precedes the development of atherosclerosis.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TGRLs and Atherosclerosis
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Incomplete lipidation of apoB by MTP leads to its proteasomal degradation with subsequent decrease in VLDL production.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG Metabolism
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Hypertriglyceridemia is a well-known cause of acute pancreatitis.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
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In the paper
“Increase in estrogen levels during the third trimester stimulates hepatic VLDL secretion and reduces the clearance of TGs by lipoprotein lipases (LPLs) in the liver and adipose tissues resulting in elevated TG levels”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Hypertriglyceridemia occurs because of increased TG production, altered processing and catabolism of TGRLs, or reduced clearance.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Population Distribution and Causes of Hypertriglyceridemia
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In the paper
“It is important to note that although apoCIII is a potent inhibitor of LPL activation, recent studies have shown that it has a pleiotropic role in the regulation of TGRL metabolism independent of LPL pathways.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG Metabolism
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“This suggests that the cholesterol content in TGRLs (e.g., RC), rather than the TGs, may be more important in atherogenesis, because it accumulates in atherosclerotic plaque and is in the causal pathway of atherosclerosis.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Measurement of TGs and RC
hedgedconditional- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“More commonly, the genetic basis for moderate to severe hypertriglyceridemia is polygenic, which can synergize with environmental factors to profoundly alter TG/VLDL production and clearance”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > ESSENTIAL POINTS
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“This notion is of particular interest because the burgeoning epidemics of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes are associated with a dramatic increase in the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia and its potential intersection with ASCVD”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Abstract
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Furthermore, impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation and increased oxidative stress may also play a role in promoting endothelial dysfunction”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TGRLs and Atherosclerosis
hedgedconditional- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The long-term clinical consequences of hepatic steatosis due to pharmacologic apoB or MTP inhibition in humans remain unclear”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG Metabolism
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The constitutive production and regulation of hepatic apoB plays a key role in VLDL synthesis and secretion, and safeguards against hepatic steatosis.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG Metabolism
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Furthermore, in the insulin-resistant state, increased adipocyte lipolysis results in increased FFA flux to the liver, which also fuels the lipidation of apoB leading to increased VLDL production and de novo hepatic lipogenesis”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > ESSENTIAL POINTS
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“At this time, these direct assays to measure RC have limited clinical applicability because they do not measure all RC in the plasma and are labor intensive and costly.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Measurement of TGs and RC
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Within macrophages, cholesterol cannot be metabolized; thus it accumulates, leading to engorged, dysfunctional foam cells.”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Measurement of TGs and RC
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In addition, equivocal clinical trial results of TG-lowering therapies have raised the question as to whether TGs represent a surrogate for other causal mechanisms at play for atherosclerotic disease”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Abstract
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In the paper
“nonfasting calculated RC was associated with a stepwise increase in risk of IHD, MI, and all-cause mortality”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [112] Varbo, 2015, Extreme nonfasting remnant cholesterol vs extreme LDL cholesterol as contributors to cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in 90000 individuals from the general population, Clin Chem source
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study with fenofibrate did not demonstrate a reduction in the rate of the composite primary outcome (CHD death and nonfatal MI) compared with placebo but was associated with a reduction in total CV events”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > TG-Lowering Therapies
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [137] Keech, 2005, Effects of long-term fenofibrate therapy on cardiovascular events in 9795 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the FIELD study): randomised controlled trial, Lancet source
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“TG reduction is mediated by multiple mechanisms, including increased FA catabolism by peroxisomal b-oxidation, decreased hepatic lipogenesis, and increased clearance of plasma TGs”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Omega-3 fatty acids
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [149] Jacobson, 2012, Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and other lipids: a review, J Clin Lipidol source
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“It is important to note that most of these observational epidemiologic studies were done in the prestatin era”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“a pooled analysis of the Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering (IDEAL) and Treating to New Targets (TNT) trials demonstrated that increased TG levels were associated with higher risk of CVD events in statin-treated patients, although the risk was attenuated after adjustment for HDL-C and apoB-to-apoA-I ratio”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Epidemiologic Studies of TGs and Risk of CVD
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [109] Faergeman, 2009, Plasma triglycerides and cardiovascular events in the Treating to New Targets and Incremental Decrease in End-Points through Aggressive Lipid Lowering trials of statins in patients with coronary artery disease, Am J Cardiol source
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In the paper
“#30%”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Emerging TG-Lowering Therapies
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [15] Shapiro, 2016, From lipids to inflammation: new approaches to reducing atherosclerotic risk, Circ Res source
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In clinical trials, intramuscular injection of alipogene tiparvovec was associated with reduction in the incidence of pancreatitis and was well tolerated”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Emerging TG-Lowering Therapies
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [172] Gaudet, 2012, Gene therapy for lipoprotein lipase deficiency, Curr Opin Lipidol source
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“#20% reduction in plasma TG levels with moderate to intense aerobic exercise”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Emerging TG-Lowering Therapies
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [38] Watts, 2013, Demystifying the management of hypertriglyceridaemia, Nat Rev Cardiol source
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“it is established that LDL is the primary causal factor in the development of atherosclerosis”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Emerging TG-Lowering Therapies
boosteddirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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- Load-bearing: passes — The paper’s conclusions depend on it.
- Based: fails — The paper may give no reason why it holds.
Probably not a substantial claim. The paper may give no reason why it holds.
The paper relies on this without support.
Plasma triglyceride concentrations serve as a surrogate measure of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and remnant cholesterol.
“Clinically, plasma TG concentrations serve as a surrogate measure of TGRLs and RC.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Residual confounding can limit the ability to draw causal inference from observational studies linking TGs and remnant cholesterol to ASCVD.
“However, the possibility of residual confounding limits the ability to draw causal inference from these observational studies”
The paper relies on this without support.
Elevated TG levels are closely linked to non-HDL-C with high intercorrelation between the variables.
“elevated TG levels are closely linked to non-HDL-C with high intercorrelation between the variables”
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
“In three wild-type, first-degree relatives with complete ANGPTL deficiency, CT angiography showed no evidence of coronary atherosclerotic plaque ().”
§ The Forgotten Lipids: Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk > Genetic Studies of TGs and CVD
“LOF mutations leading to complete deficiency of ANGPTL are associated with a familial combined hypolipidemia, characterized by extremely low circulating LDL-C, HDL-C, and TG levels (, ).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sandesara, P. B., Virani, S. S., Fazio, S., & Shapiro, M. D.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shapiro, Michael D
- Venue
- Endocrine Reviews
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2018-10-11
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 537-557
- ISSN
- 0163-769X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7189
- PMC
- PMC6416708
- OpenAlex
- W2896008418
- Cited by
- 608
- References
- 184
- Citations by year
- 2026: 92 · 2025: 103 · 2024: 122 · 2023: 117 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 61 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 5.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Endocrine Reviews (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5R01HL132985)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (09-028)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K12HD043488)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Keywords
- triglycerides, remnant cholesterol, triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, hypertriglyceridemia, residual cardiovascular risk, VLDL, chylomicrons, LDL cholesterol
- MeSH terms
- Cholesterol, Humans, Lipoproteins, Triglycerides, Hypertriglyceridemia, Dyslipidemias, Atherosclerosis
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