Portable Home‐Use Triglyceride Meter Demonstrates Good Agreement With Plasma Laboratory Measures During Pregnancies Complicated by Metabolic Disease
S. S. Farabi, L. A. Barbour, E. Z. Dunn, C. Ingram, E. Lopez, J. Hinojosa, E. Phillips, N. Hirsch, K. Rolloff, S. Pierce, J. E. Friedman, T. L. Hernandez · 2026
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Description
Sara Farabi and a team of co-authors published a device validation study in twenty twenty-six on measuring triglycerides at home during pregnancy. Blood triglycerides may predict fetal overgrowth better than glucose in pregnancies with obesity or diabetes. Until now, measuring them meant a laboratory blood draw, blocking the repeated checks research needs.
Thirty-five pregnant patients gave fingerstick and venous samples minutes apart, fasting and after a test breakfast. The portable meter read slightly higher than the lab at every point, but agreement was good overall. The authors conclude home fingerstick testing is reliable enough to track triglycerides across pregnancy. That opens the door to studies of fat, not just sugar, in fetal growth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | S. S. Farabi, L. A. Barbour, E. Z. Dunn, C. Ingram, E. Lopez, J. Hinojosa, E. Phillips, N. Hirsch, K. Rolloff, S. Pierce, J. E. Friedman, T. L. Hernandez |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |