Triglyceride levels are somewhat different for men and women, and also change with age, rising to nearly double the value of age 6 by age 60, and then they slowly decline. Triglyceride levels commonly go up for three to six months when on a low fat, vegetarian diet. They usually go below the starting level for much improvement after that. Fats in the blood rise to the top like the fats in soups or gravies do after they cool. If people who eat the typcially high fat standard American diet could see their blood sample after 8 hours, with its layer of yellow-white fat floating above the red and sticking to the sides of the glass tube, it would be easier to motivate them to eat more sensibly.
Blood Pressure is measured in two numbers.
The higher number, called systolic, shows the highest amount of pressure on the walls of blood vessels during each beat of the heart. The lower number, diastolic, shows the amount of pressure on the arteries when the heart is resting between beats. Various things can temporarily affect blood pressure, so it is usually best to take an average of many measurements rather than use only one. When some people go to a clinic their anxiety can cause blood pressure to be much higher than normal, a condition called white-coat hypertension . Recent use of coffee or tobacco can raise blood pressure.