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Valores normales:

Normal: menos de 150 mg/dL
Limítrofe alto: 150 a 199 mg/dL
Alto: 200 a 499 mg/dL
Muy alto: 500 mg/dL o superior

Los rangos de los valores normales pueden variar ligeramente entre diferentes laboratorios. Hable con el médico acerca del significado de los resultados específicos de su examen.

Los ejemplos anteriores muestran las mediciones comunes para los resultados de estas pruebas. Algunos laboratorios usan diferentes medidas o podrían evaluar diferentes muestras.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los niveles altos de triglicéridos pueden deberse a:

Cirrosis
Baja proteína en la dieta y alta en carbohidratos
Hiperlipoproteinemia familiar (rara)
Hipotiroidismo
Síndrome nefrótico
Pancreatitis
Diabetes mal controlada

Los niveles bajos de triglicéridos pueden deberse a:

Dieta baja en grasas
Hipertiroidismo
Síndrome de malabsorción
Desnutrición

Otras afecciones bajo las cuales se puede realizar el examen son:

Síndrome de quilomicronemia
Hiperlipidemia adquirida
Hiperlipidemia familiar combinada
Disbetalipoproteinemia familiar
Hipertrigliceridemia familiar
Deficiencia familiar de lipoproteinlipasa
Diabetes mellitus no insulinodependiente (DMNID)
Accidente cerebrovascular secundario a la ateroesclerosis

Examen de sangre

Reviewed last on: 5/23/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Circulation. 2004 Jul 13; 110(2):227-39.

Semenkovich CF. Disorders of lipid metabolism. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 217.

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