{"id":7889,"date":"2011-04-18T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?p=7889"},"modified":"2011-07-19T17:44:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:44:27","slug":"100-is-the-new-150-aha-lowers-optimal-triglyceride-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2011\/04\/18\/100-is-the-new-150-aha-lowers-optimal-triglyceride-level\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Is the New 150: AHA Lowers Optimal Triglyceride Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/circ.ahajournals.org\/cgi\/reprint\/CIR.0b013e3182160726v1\">a newly released scientific statement on triglycerides<\/a>, the AHA recommends that 100  mg\/dL replace 150 mg\/dL as the upper limit for the &#8220;optimal level&#8221; for  triglycerides. But, the statement acknowledges, the cut point should not  be used as a therapeutic target for drug therapy, &#8220;because there is  insufficient evidence that lowering triglyceride levels&#8221; can improve  risk. Instead, the statement puts a large emphasis on lifestyle changes,  especially with diet and exercise, to cut triglycerides and reduce  risk.<\/p>\n<p>The new statement &#8220;is not intended to serve as a specific  guideline,&#8221; according to the AHA, but instead &#8220;will be of value&#8221; to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/guidelines\/cholesterol\/atp4\/index.htm\">Adult  Treatment Panel IV (ATP IV)<\/a> of the National Cholesterol Education  Program, which will be available for public review and comment this fall  and is expected to be published in the spring of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good  news is that high triglycerides can, in large part, be reduced through  major lifestyle changes,\u201d said the chair of the committee, Michael  Miller, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsroom.heart.org\/index.php?s=43&amp;item=1315\">an AHA press release<\/a>. &#8220;In contrast to cholesterol, where  lifestyle measures are important but may not be the solution, high  triglycerides are often quite responsive to lifestyle measures that  include weight loss if overweight, changes in diet, and regular physical  activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement includes specific recommendations for  reducing added sugar, fructose, saturated fat, trans fat, and alcohol  for those with elevated triglycerides. According to the statement, 31%  of U.S. adults have triglyceride levels greater than 150 mg\/dL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a newly released scientific statement on triglycerides, the AHA recommends that 100 mg\/dL replace 150 mg\/dL as the upper limit for the &#8220;optimal level&#8221; for triglycerides. But, the statement acknowledges, the cut point should not be used as a therapeutic target for drug therapy, &#8220;because there is insufficient evidence that lowering triglyceride levels&#8221; can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[807],"class_list":["post-7889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-prevention","tag-triglycerides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}