Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (811 page)

Increased In

   Pregnancy

   Drugs: beta blockers, anabolic steroids, vitamin D, oral contraceptives, and epinephrine

   Obesity

   Smoking

   Alcohol

   Diet high in cholesterol and fats

   Renal failure

   Hypothyroidism

   Glycogen storage disease (i.e., von Gierke and Werner diseases)

   Familial hypercholesterolemia

   DM

   Biliary cirrhosis, hepatocellular disease

   Hyperlipoproteinemia types I, IV, V

   Prostate and pancreatic neoplasms