Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points-a joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- Nordestgaard, B.G.
- Langsted, A.
- Mora, S.
- Kolovou, G.
- Baum, H.
- Bruckert, E.
- Watts, G.F.
- Sypniewska, G.
- Wiklund, O.
- Boren, J.
- Chapman, M.J.
- Cobbaert, C.
- Descamps, O.S.
- Eckardstein, A. von
- Kamstrup, P.R.
- Pulkki, K.
- Kronenberg, F.
- Remaley, A.T.
- Rifai, N.
- Ros, E.
- Langlois, M.
- European Atherosclerosis Soc EAS
- European Federation Clinical Chem
DOIAbstract
Conclusion We recommend that non-fasting blood samples be routinely used for the assessment of plasma lipid profiles. Laboratory reports should flag abnormal values on the basis of desirable concentration cut-points. Non-fasting and fasting measurements should be complementary but not mutually exclusive
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