Triglycerides and cardiovascular disease

Once again I would argue that these people don't know cause and effect. Cholesterol doesn't cause cardiovascular disease. It is used to create plaque because of inflammation of the artery lining. The cause is whatever starts that inflammation. Solve that and all this crap about statins and cholesterol probably goes away. They aren't even looking at the right problem. Does nobody rub two brain cells together ever?
http://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/newsl-article.cfm/5485946/ZZF307965849E94474BB34FC062CEC0F93/?
After the introduction of statins, clinical emphasis first focussed on LDL cholesterol–lowering, then on the potential for raising HDL cholesterol, with less focus on lowering triglycerides.

• However, the understanding from genetic studies and negative results from randomised trials that low HDL cholesterol might not cause cardiovascular disease as originally thought has now generated renewed interest in raised concentrations of triglycerides.
• This renewed interest has also been driven by epidemiological and genetic evidence supporting raised triglycerides, remnant cholesterol, or triglyceride–rich lipoproteins as an additional cause of cardiovascular disease and all–cause mortality.
• Triglycerides can be measured in the non–fasting or fasting states, with concentrations of 2—10 mmol/L conferring increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and concentrations greater than 10 mmol/L conferring increased risk of acute pancreatitis and possibly cardiovascular disease.
• Although randomised trials showing cardiovascular benefit of triglyceride reduction are scarce, new triglyceride–lowering drugs are being developed, and large–scale trials have been initiated that will hopefully provide conclusive evidence as to whether lowering triglycerides reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Cool video of the problem here;
Inflammation In Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation