One third of the variability in HDL‐cholesterol level in a large dyslipidaemic population is predicted by age, sex and triglyceridaemia:The Paris La Pitié Study

Abstract

Eight independent determinants of HDL-C account for 41% of variability in HDL-C in our dyslipidaemic population. Three of them, i.e. age, sex and degree of triglyceridaemia accounted for more than one third of such variability. The high prevalence of low HDL-C phenotypes in dyslipidaemic patients at elevated cardiovascular risk emphasises the need for both lifestyle and pharmacological strategies of intervention to raise HDL-C.