Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Differentiation between familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS), a rare hypertriglyceridemia, and severe hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG; non-FCS) is challenging due to overlap in triglyceride (TG) levels and symptomology but important in disease management. Clinical characteristics that allow for reliable differentiation may exist in the presenting clinical features and primary diagnostic testing. The objective of this analysis was to assess whether readily obtainabl...