RT Journal
A1 Murphy MJ, Sheng X, MacDonald TM, Wei L
T1 HYpertriglyceridemia and acute pancreatitis
JF JAMA Internal Medicine
JO JAMA Internal Medicine
YR 2013
FD January 28
VO 173
IS 2
SP 162
OP 164
DO 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.477
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.477
AB 
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is common and potentially serious.1 Common causes are gallstones and alcohol abuse; other causes include medications, common bile duct obstruction, trauma, and hypertriglyceridemia.2 Although the association between hypertriglyceridemia and AP is well established, estimates of risk are based on case series and studies of high-risk groups.3- 5 The risk of AP from hypertriglyceridemia in the general population is not well characterized. We report results from a cohort study using record-linkage methods to estimate the risk and relative burden of AP in patients with differing degrees of hypertriglyceridemia.