Abstract
Triglyceride (TG) concentration is used as a marker of cardiometabolic risk. However, diurnal and possibly weekday variation exists in TG concentrations. The objective of this work was to investigate weekday variation in TG concentrations among 1.8 million blood samples drawn between 2008 and 2015 from patients in the Capital region of Denmark. Plasma TG was extracted from a central clinical laboratory information system. Weekday variation was investigated by means of linear mixed models. In addition to the profound diurnal variation, the TG concentration was 4.5% lower on Fridays compared with Mondays (P < 0.0001). The variation persisted after multiple adjustments for confound-ers and was consistent across all sensitivity analyses. Outpatients and in-patients, respectively, had 5.0% and 1.9% lower TG concentrations on Fridays compared with Mondays (both P < 0.0001). The highest weekday variations in TG concentrations were recorded for out-patients between the ages of 9 and 26 years, with up to 20% higher values on Mondays compared with Fridays (all P < 0.05). In conclusion, TG concentrations were highest after the weekend and gradually declined during the week. We suggest that unhealthy food intake and reduced physical activity during the weekend increase TG concentrations which track into the week. This weekday variation may carry implications for public lion blood samples.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1204-1213 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISSN | 0022-2275 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
Keywords
- Diet and dietary lipids
- Lipid biochemistry
- Nutrition/Lipids
- Nutrition/Carbohydrates
- Triglycerides
- Patients
- Weekday differences
- Samples
