Triglycerides Epidemiological studies that have evaluated the relationship between triglycerides and ischemic stroke have been inconsis- tent, in part because some have used fasting and others used nonfasting levels. Fasting triglyceride levels were not associ- ated with ischemic stroke in ARIC.134 Triglycerides did not predict the risk of ischemic stroke among healthy men enrolled in the Physicians Health Study.147 Similarly, in the Oslo study of healthy men, triglycerides were not related to the risk of In contrast, a meta-analysis of prospective studies conducted in the Asia-Pacific region found a 50% increased risk of ischemic stroke among those in the highest quintile of fasting triglycerides compared with those in the lowest The Copenhagen City Heart Study, a prospective, population-based cohort study comprising 14000 people, found that elevated nonfasting triglyceride levels increased the risk of ischemic stroke in both men and women. After multivariate adjustment, there was a 15% (95% CI, 9 22) increase in the risk of ischemic stroke for each 89-mg/dL increase in nonfasting triglycerides. HRs for ischemic stroke among men and women with the highest ( 443 mg/dL) com- pared with the lowest (<89 mg/dL) nonfasting triglyceride respectively. 