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Your patient is asked to see you in followup for his fasting labs. His total cholesterol = 230 mg/dl, triglycerides = 1200 mg/dl, unable to calculate LDL. Your patient should be advised that due to these findings he is at risk for which of the following? 
 
A: diabetes mellitus 
 
B: pancreatitis 
 
C: gout 
 
D: diabetes insipidus 
 
E: hypertension 
B 
The correct answer is (B). Very elevated triglycerides, especially over 1000 mg/dl, increase the patient's risk of acute pancreatitis. This pa...