Elevated Triglycerides: A Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Risk

Reporter or systems biomarkers and risk factors are important because they play a role in the strength of association in the causal relationship. In terms of cardiovascular risk, there are various risk factors and biomarkers that provide crucial information about an individual's overall clinical risk. However, they are not causal in themselves. An example of this is elevated triglycerides, which are a risk factor and predictive of adverse cardio and metabolic outcomes. They are also related to fatty liver and insulin resistance. Therefore, elevated triglycerides are significant in evaluating metabolic risk but are not a direct cause.