A triglycerides test is a blood test that measures the amount of a fat in your blood called triglycerides. High blood triglyceride levels may increase your risk for heart disease and stroke. A triglycerides test can help you decide if you need to take action to lower your risk.
A triglycerides test is used to understand your risk for heart disease, stroke, and other conditions that involve your arteries, such as peripheral arterial disease. The test is also used to help monitor heart conditions and treatments to lower your risk of heart disease.
Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Normal range
Result tiers from clinical guidelines — not a single normal band.
What moves it
What an abnormal result can be associated with
- A high result
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- A low result
- Hypotriglyceridemia
Associations from LOINC2HPO (Human Phenotype Ontology). This is reference information, not a diagnosis — only a clinician can interpret your result in context.
Details
- Sample
- Serum or plasma · LOINC
- Collection
- Serum gel tube · 0.5 mL · Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog)
- Part of
- Bryan Johnson Blueprint · Lipid panel · Lipid panel with direct LDL
- Monitored for
- Dyslipidemia
- Listed under
- Triglycerides
- Code
- LOINC 2571-8 · mg/dL
- Also known as
- Trig, Tg, Triglycrides, Triglycerides, Heart Disease