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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
High cholesterol level can result from various causes which include: genetic (e.g. | High cholesterol level can result from various causes which include: genetic (e.g. apo A-I deficiency, apolipoprotein B deficiency, apolipoprotein C2 deficiency, apoliprotein E deficiency, autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, familial hypercholesterolemia); side effect of medications (e.g. antiretroviral therapy, beta blockers, corticosteroids); metabolic (e.g. metabolic syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease type B, obesity, Zieve's syndrome), endocrine (e.g. polycystic ovary syndrome, Werner syndrome) and many other conditions. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamed Moubarak, M.D. [2]
Overview
High cholesterol level can result from various causes which include: genetic (e.g. apo A-I deficiency, apolipoprotein B deficiency, apolipoprotein C2 deficiency, apoliprotein E deficiency, autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, familial hypercholesterolemia); side effect of medications (e.g. antiretroviral therapy, beta blockers, corticosteroids); metabolic (e.g. metabolic syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease type B, obesity, Zieve's syndrome), endocrine (e.g. polycystic ovary syndrome, Werner syndrome) and many other conditions.
Causes
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Alagille syndrome, Familial hypercholesterolemia |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Antiretroviral therapy, Beta blockers, Corticosteroids, Cyclosporine, Estrogens, Everolimus, Fosamprenavir, Mitotane, Olanzapine, Sirolimus, Tamoxifen , Temsirolimus, Thiazide diuretics, Tocilizumab, Tofacitinib |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Metabolic syndrome, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Werner syndrome |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Glycogenosis type 6, Niemann-Pick disease type B , Primary biliary cirrhosis, Stauffer syndrome, Zieve's syndrome |
| Genetic | Apo A-I deficiency, Apolipoprotein B deficiency, Apolipoprotein C2 deficiency, Apoliprotein E deficiency, Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia, Familial combined hyperlipidemia,
Familial hypercholesterolemia, Glycogen storage disease type 1a, Glycogenosis type 3, Glycogenosis type 6, Familial hyperlipoproteinemia type 5, Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency, Lipoprotein lipase deficiency, Niemann-Pick disease type B, Werner syndrome |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | Metabolic syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease type B, Obesity, Zieve's syndrome, |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |