高脂血症分为原发性和继发性两种。原发性的往往是原因不明;继发性是由于其它疾病引起的,如糖尿病、酒精中毒、慢性肾病、甲状腺功能低下、痛风等。不论什么原因引起血脂明显高于正常,都与动脉硬化的形成有密切关系。因为在同一时间内,如果通过血管壁的血液中脂质含量不高,进入病变部位的脂质就少,反之,进入病变的脂质必然增多。所以,高脂血症明显加速动脉硬化病变形成,进而易引起冠心病及高血压等高脂血症,包括胆固醇及甘油三脂(也称中性脂肪)增高,它们都与蛋白质结合,故高脂血症又常称为高脂蛋白血症。中老年人由于生理代谢及进食习惯不良,过多食用动物脂肪和含胆固醇过高的食物,导 Hyperlipidemia is divided into primary and secondary two. Primary cause is often unknown; secondary is due to other diseases, such as diabetes, alcoholism, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism, gout and so on. No matter what the cause of blood lipid was significantly higher than normal, are closely related with the formation of atherosclerosis. Because at the same time, if the lipid content of the blood through the blood vessel wall is not high, the lipid into the lesion site is less, on the contrary, enter the lesion of the lipid will inevitably increase. Therefore, hyperlipidemia significantly accelerated the formation of atherosclerotic lesions, and then easily lead to coronary heart disease and hypertension and other hyperlipidemia, including cholesterol and triglyceride (also known as neutral fat) increased, they are associated with the protein, so high Lipidosis, often referred to as hyperlipoproteinemia. In the elderly due to poor physiological metabolism and eating habits, too much consumption of animal fat and cholesterol-rich foods, lead