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Triglyceride Levels Continue to Rise in the United States Despite Increased Use of Cholesterol-Lowering Medications

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 24th, 2008

HealthCore, WellPoint's health outcomes research subsidiary, today presented the findings of a study [Abstract No: 3703], in collaboration with the National Lipid Association, that examined trends in major lipid types among American adults. The study findings, presented during the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Session in New Orleans, suggest that regardless of gains made by medications to control some lipids, triglycerides -- much like obesity and diabetes -- are on the rise.

"We're winning the LDL battle but we need to do the same with triglycerides to have a chance of defeating heart disease," said Mark J. Cziraky, lead investigator of the study and...

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