We've been trying to get to the bottom of this triglyceride issue for many years. I wouldn't want to have an elevated level of triglycerides myself, but there is not a lot we can do about it. We just haven't been able to get our arms around triglyceride measurements, and that suggests to me that it is not really a good test. Rubins is chief of general internal medicine at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Grundy says that the study is just another in a series of analyses that miss the point.
Triglycerides are a marker for multiple risk factors for heart disease.
He adds that they are a marker for heart disease, not necessarily a cause of the disease. If you live in a tornado area and the siren goes off, you don't go out and treat the siren for going off. To say they are not a meaningful clinical marker is not correct. Reduce your blood pressure. Get treatment for high cholesterol levels.