title: Severe hypertriglyceridemia in Puerto Rico blood donors: a population study 2009-2011.
abstract: Puerto Rico blood donor issues has been identified in cases of severe hypertriglyceridemia presenting as turbid. Blood donations resulting in milky serum must be discarded. They are discarded because we cannot properly test the donation. This is the first report where we correlate turbidity and cardiovascular risk factors in the Puerto Rico population as well as blood types O and A, Rh (+) with dyslipidemia. Blood donors should be screened in more details regarding cardiovascular and metabolic risks to avoid problems with recruitment and retention strategies.
authors.affiliation: American Red Cross, Puerto Rico Region, PO Box 366046 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936. Raul.Morales@redcross.org
authors.forename: Raúl H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Morales-Borges
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Merced
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors