Epidemiology

HTG is commonly encountered in clinical practice.[5][13] Depending on the definition, the overall prevalence ranges from 10% to 25% in the adult population with considerable interregional variation.[5][13][15][16][17]​

The prevalence of mild-to-moderate HTG has been rising over the past few decades in parallel with obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes.[5][18] Prevalence of severe HTG, defined as plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration >10 mmol/L (>885 mg/dL), ranges from 0.10% to 0.20%, and prevalence of very severe HTG, defined as TG >20 mmol/L (>1770 mg/dL), ranges from 0.010% to 0.020%.[5]

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