INS and hydrops fetalis: Characteristics such as sex, TAG concentration when on HF diet, BMI, and insulin concentration have been variably shown to individually predict the effect of the diet and no single variable has a significant predictive value.In contrast, a highly significant effect of the type of carbohydrate has been demonstrated, the effect of monosacharides being much higher in comparison to polysaccharides, and this effect was similar in both hyper- and normotriglyceridemic subjects [33].