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Table 9-3. Causes of Secondary Dyslipidemia

Exogenous

  • Alcohol
  • Drug therapy:
    • Corticosteroids
    • Isoretinoin
    • Beta-blockers
    • Some oral contraceptives
    • Select chemotherapeutic agents
    • Select antiretroviral agents

Hepatic

  • Obstructive liver disease/cholestatic conditions
  • Biliary cirrhosis
  • Alagille syndrome

Endocrine/Metabolic

  • Hypothyroidism/hypopituitarism
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2
  • Pregnancy
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome
  • Lipodystrophy
  • Acute intermittent porphyria

Inflammatory

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Renal

  • Chronic renal disease
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Nephrotic syndrome

Storage

  • Glycogen storage disease
  • Gaucher’s disease
  • Cystine storage disease
  • Juvenile Tay-Sachs disease
  • Niemann-Pick disease

Infectious

  • Acute viral/bacterial infection *
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Hepatitis

Other

  • Kawasaki disease
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Post solid organ transplantation
  • Childhood cancer survivor
  • Progeria
  • Idiopathic hypercalcemia
  • Klinefelter syndrome
  • Werner’s syndrome

*Delay measurement until >3 weeks postinfection.