High Triglycerides Causes, Symptoms and More
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3. Risk Factors for High Triglycerides
People at risk for high triglycerides are typically overweight. Other risk factors include poorly controlled diabetes, high alcohol intake, kidney disease and low thyroid hormones. Some medications also increase risk, such as steroids, beta-blockers, diuretics, estrogen-based therapies and Tamoxifen, which is prescribed to help prevent breast cancer.2‘High Triglycerides’ University of Michigan, www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/zp3387.
Genetics may explain some cases of high triglycerides and cholesterol. People with metabolic syndrome, which includes high blood pressure, high blood sugars, low LDLs and high HDLs, are also at risk.3Triglycerides: A big fat problem.’ Harvard Medical School, www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter/article/triglycerides-a-big-fat-problem.
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