Table 1 Relative risk of cardiovascular outcomes with non-fasting triglyceride levels

Tverdal et al. (1989) [22]

37,546 men aged 35-49 years, without history of CVD or diabetes

9 years (mean)

coronary death (n = 369)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

Stensvold et al. (1993) [21]

24,535 women, aged 35-49 years, without history of CVD or diabetes

14.6 years (mean)

coronary death (n = 108)

men: 1.1(1.0-1.2)

women: 1.6(1.2-2.1)

Stampfer et al. (1996) [23]

14,916 men without history of CVD (85% non-fasting)

7 years

myocardial infarction, cases (n = 266) vs. controls (n = 308)

1.4 (1.1-1.8)

Eberly et al. (2003) [26]

2,809 male participants without clinical evidence of CVD in the MRFIT study

25 years

8-year non-fatal or fatal CHD (n = 175) 25-year fatal CHD (n = 328)

1.6 (1.2-2.3) fasting

1.5 (1.0-2.1) non-fasting

1.2 (1.0-1.6) fasting

1.3 (1.0-1.6) non-fasting

Nordestgaard et al. (2007) [24]

7,587 women and 6,394 men form the general population in Copenhagen (Denmark)

26 years (mean)

myocardial infarction (n = 1,793) ischemic heart disease (n = 3,479)

1.2 (1.1-1.4) women

1.0 (1.0-1.1) men

1.1 (1.0-1.2) women

1.0 (1.0-1.1) men

Bansal et al. (2007) [27]

26,509 healthy US women, 20,118 fasting, 6,391 non-fasting (<8 hours since last meal)

11.4 years (mean)

cardiovascular events (n = 1001)

1.1 (0.9-1.3) fasting

1.7 (1.2-2.4) non-fasting

4.5 (2.0-10.2) 2-4 hrs since last meal