Saroglitazar: A New Drug to Treat Diabetic Hypertriglyceridemia
Journal Title: Heart Research – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Dyslipidemia alone has been considered as one of the major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) accounting for 50% of the 1st myocardial infarction (MI) cases worldwide.1 A recent epidemiological survey on prevalence of lipid abnormalities of the Indian population by Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes Study (ICMR-INDIAB), has shown that 79% of Indian subjects above 20 years of age have abnormalities in at least one of the lipid parameters.2 In this survey, the most commonly found lipid abnormality was low-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (low HDL-C) in 72% subjects followed by high triglycerides (TG) in 29.5% subjects and then high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in 11.8% subjects.3 Prevalence of dyslipidemia is high in India, which calls for urgent lifestyle and pharmacological intervention strategies to prevent and manage this important cardiovascular risk factor.
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Vineet Bhatia
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