Triglycerides
Sample: Serum 0.5 mL
Status: Accredited
Schedule: Daily
Units: mg/dL
Factor: 1mg/dL = 0.01124 mmol/L
Range: Up to 175 mg/dL ( Up to 2.0 mmol/L)
Remarks: High triglycerides levels may associated with cardiovascular diseases, hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndromes, carbohydrate-sensitive hypertriglyceridemia, glycogen storage disease, and in hyperlipoproteinemias all types . Some alcoholics have hypertriglyceridemia which disappears with abstinence
