PMID- 29493554 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190218 LR - 20190219 IS - 1752-2978 (Electronic) IS - 1752-296X (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Apr TI - Elevated triglycerides and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level as marker of very high risk in type 2 diabetes. PG - 118-129 LID - 10.1097/MED.0000000000000398 [doi] AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review is to describe in diabetic patients the determinants underlying atherogenic dyslipidemia, a complex dyslipidemia defined as the coexistence of fasting hypertriglyceridemia and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. Atherogenic dyslipidemia is often comorbid with hyperglycemia in patients with the common form of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), namely that associated with obesity, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and the metabolic syndrome phenotype. RECENT FINDINGS: The role of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, both fasting and nonfasting, is increasingly considered as a direct driver of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients, even in those receiving best standards of care, including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level adequately controlled by statins and/or ezetimibe. The residual cardiovascular risk related to atherogenic dyslipidemia in T2DM patients can be inferred from subgroup analysis of diabetic patients within landmark lipid-lowering trials, or from T2DM-only trials, such as Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes study or Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes-Lipid trial. SUMMARY: The presence of atherogenic dyslipidemia markedly increases cardiovascular risk, and there is evidence that part of the residual cardiovascular risk in T2DM can be safely and effectively reduced by fibrates. Ongoing trials will determine whether new classes of drugs or dietary intervention targeting hypertriglyceridemia (such as n-3 fatty acids or SPPARMalpha) will reduce macro and microvascular residual risk in T2DM patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia at inclusion. FAU - Hermans, Michel P AU - Hermans MP AD - Division of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Cliniques universitaires St-Luc and Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Valensi, Paul AU - Valensi P AD - Department of Endocrinology-Diabetology-Nutrition, CRNH-IdF, CINFO, AP-HP, Jean Verdier Hospital, Paris 13 University, Bondy, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes JT - Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity JID - 101308636 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cholesterol, HDL) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers/*blood MH - Cholesterol, HDL/*blood MH - Comorbidity MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*blood/epidemiology/*etiology MH - Dyslipidemias/blood/complications/epidemiology MH - Humans MH - Hypertriglyceridemia/blood/complications/epidemiology MH - Risk Factors MH - Triglycerides/*blood EDAT- 2018/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/20 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/02 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 01266029-201804000-00009 [pii] AID - 10.1097/MED.0000000000000398 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2018 Apr;25(2):118-129. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000398.