Cholesterol And Triglycerides Tests: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Medicines, such as diuretics, corticosteroids, male sex hormones (androgens), tranquilizers, estrogen, birth control pills, antibiotics, and niacin (vitamin B3).
- Physical stress, such as infection, heart attack, surgery.
- Eating 9 to 12 hours before the test.
- Other conditions, such as hypothyroidism, diabetes, or kidney or liver disease.
- Alcohol or drug abuse or withdrawal.
- Liver disease (such as cirrhosis or hepatitis), malnutrition, or hyperthyroidism.
- Pregnancy. Values are the highest during the third trimester and usually return to the prepregnancy levels after delivery of the baby.
| Last updated: | September 13, 2007 |
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| Author: | Robin Parks, MS |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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