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Table 5 Prevalence of Lipid-lowering Medications in Clinic HTG Patients

From: Incidence of pancreatitis, secondary causes, and treatment of patients referred to a specialty lipid clinic with severe hypertriglyceridemia: a retrospective cohort study

  

Upon Arrival*

Clinic Treatment*

Latest Visit**

  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Monotherapy:

Fibrate

17 (17.9)

54 (56.8)

31 (36.9)

 

Statin

16 (16.8)

1 (1.1)

6 (7.1)

 

Fish Oil

1 (1.1)

8 (8.4)

3 (3.6)

 

Niacin

1 (1.1)

0

2 (2.4)

 

Resin

1 (1.1)

0

1 (1.2)

Combination:

Fibrate/Statin

4 (4.2)

9 (9.5)

11 (13.1)

 

Fibrate/Niacin/Fish Oil

1 (1.1)

1 (1.1)

1 (1.2)

 

Fibrate/Fish Oil

1 (1.1)

16 (16.8)

4 (4.8)

 

Other

0

2 (2.2)

17 (20.2)

  1. * N = 95, ** N = 84