High VLDL causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mugilan Poongkunran M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

High VLDL may be a consequence of inherited diseases that affect the lipid metabolism, or cab be due to secondary causes such as drugs and chronic liver disease.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Gram negative sepsis

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	Diterpenoids
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Azathioprine, bexarotene, calcineurin inhibitors, chlortalidone, corticosteroids, cyclosporine, desvenlafaxine, immunosuppressive agents, levonorgestrel, lopinavir, mycophenolate, nicotine, norgestrel, prednisone, progestin, protease inhibitors, rapamycin, rosiglitazone, sirolimus, thiazide, tocilizumab
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Acromegaly, Cushing’s syndrome, dehydroepiandrosterone, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypercortisolism, hypothyroidism, polycystic ovarian syndrome, subclinical hypothyroidism
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Acute hepatitis, chronic liver disease, obstructive jaundice
Genetic	Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, apolipoprotein C-II deficiency, autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, familial defective apolipoprotein B-100, familial hypercholesterolemia, familial hyperlipoproteinemia type 5, familial hypertriglyceridaemia, familial mixed hyperlipidaemia, IL 28B polymorphisms, lipoprotein lipase deficiency, Niemann-Pick disease, polygenic hypercholesterolemia
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	Gram negative sepsis, H. pylori infection, small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	Chenodeoxycholic acid, high carbohydrate diet, high saturated fat diet, polygenic hypercholesterolemia, primary hyperlipoproteinemia, primary hypolipoproteinemia, selenium deficiency
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Polycystic ovarian syndrome
Oncologic	Lymphoma, multiple myeloma
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte	Chronic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome, uremia
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Dysproteinemia, monoclonal gammopathy, multiple myeloma, paraproteinemia
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Alcoholism

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Durrington, P. (2003). “Dyslipidaemia”. Lancet. 362 (9385): 717–31. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14234-1. PMID 12957096. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Covington, MB. (2004). “Omega-3 fatty acids”. Am Fam Physician. 70 (1): 133–40. PMID 15259529. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Kronenberg, F. (2005). “Dyslipidemia and nephrotic syndrome: recent advances”. J Ren Nutr. 15 (2): 195–203. PMID 15827892. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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[Durrington-2003-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Durrington, P. (2003). “Dyslipidaemia”. Lancet. 362 (9385): 717–31. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14234-1. PMID 12957096. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Covington-2004-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Covington, MB. (2004). “Omega-3 fatty acids”. Am Fam Physician. 70 (1): 133–40. PMID 15259529. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Kronenberg-2005-3] Kronenberg, F. (2005). “Dyslipidemia and nephrotic syndrome: recent advances”. J Ren Nutr. 15 (2): 195–203. PMID 15827892. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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