Table 6.
Top 10 demands of patients with hypertriglyceridemia on the internet.
| Priority rank | Patient request | Consultation volume | Category |
| 1 | How to treat (how to treat/how to do) | 14,194 | How to intervene |
| 2 | Drug selection (what drug/what drug to take) | 9782 | Drug intervention |
| 3 | Disease concepts (what are triglycerides/what is hyperlipidemia) | 6281 | Disease perception |
| 4 | Lifestyle precautions (What to pay attention to in daily life) | 3789 | Lifestyle interventions |
| 5 | Disease causes (what causes/is it hereditary) | 3477 | Disease cognition |
| 6 | Medication (need medication) | 3042 | Medication intervention |
| 7 | Dietary control (how to control your diet/what you can’t eat), | 2551 | Lifestyle interventions |
| 8 | Lipid-lowering foods (what foods to eat to reduce blood lipids) | 1994 | Lifestyle interventions |
| 9 | Disease impact (what hazards/causes) | 1973 | Disease cognition |
| 10 | Diagnosis and treatment criteria (how serious a high lipid/TGa level) | 1814 | Disease recognition |
aTG: triglyceride.