A study conducted by American Heart Association found that elevated level of non fasting triglycerides increases the risk for ischemic stroke. Triglyceride levels are usually measured in a fasting state, which would exclude most remnant lipoproteins; Last year, this group reported a relationship between the incidence of myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, and death due to elevated levels of non fasting triglyceride. Triglyceride levels are increased in those with higher body mass index and those with diabetes mellitus, they noted, but importantly, the risk associated with higher levels of non fasting triglyceride levels seen in this study persisted after they stratified for body mass index.