The independent relationship between triglycerides and coronary heart disease

Figures & data

Table 1 Numbers of cohorts in which triglycerides were or were not predictive of CHD independently of HDL-C, by selected study characteristics

Characteristic	Outcome variable	Number of cohorts
		Triglycerides significant	Triglycerides not significant	Total
All studies	CHD	16	22	38
High-risk populations	Coronary events	0	8	8
Primary populations
All	CHD	16	14	30
Sex
Women	CHD	6	2	8
Women/men	CHD	2	0	2
Men	CHD	8	12	20
Outcome variable
Coronary death	Coronary deaths	2	4	6
Coronary events	Coronary events	14	10	24
Cohort size
<52,000 patient-years	Coronary events	6	6	12
>52,000 patient-years	Coronary events	8	4	12
Triglyceride measurement
Fasting	Coronary events	9	10	19
Nonfasting	Coronary events	6	0	6

Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease (defined as either coronary events or coronary death).