Low fasting serum triglyceride and high free fatty acid levels in pulmonary fibrosis: a previously unreported finding.

Objective: The authors describe here the occurrence of low fasting serum triglyceride (TG) and high free fatty acid (FFA) levels in pulmonary fibrosis, a finding that has never been reported before.

Patients And Methods: TGs were measured in: (a) 44 patients (3 male and 41 female; mean age SEM: 63.06 +/- 4.