Plasma TG Concentrations Research Articles

The effect of oral administration of sucrose on the turnover rate of plasma free fatty acids and on the esterification rate of plasma free fatty acids to plasma triglycerides in normal subjects, patients with primary endogenous hypertriglyceridemia, and patients with well controlled diabetes mellitus.

12 patients with primary endogenous hypertriglyceridemia (type IV according to Fredrickson et al. (1967), plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration 239-3680 mg/100 ml, k-value after intravenous glucose load above 1.15), 9 normal subjects (plasma-TG concentration 32-140 mg/100 ml, k-value above 1.3) and 6 patients with diabetes mellitus, well controlled by tolbutamide (plasma-TG concentration 112-330 mg/100 ml, k-value below 1.1) were investigated.