Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points
Nordestgaard et al. · 2016 · European Heart Journal 37(25):1944-1958
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A non-fasting lipid profile is acceptable for routine use. Triglycerides are the value that moves most after a meal (about +0.3 mmol/l, 26 mg/dl), so a non-fasting triglyceride result can read higher than a fasting one. Laboratory reports should flag non-HDL cholesterol from 3.9 mmol/l (150 mg/dl) and non-fasting triglycerides from 2 mmol/l (175 mg/dl); in fasting samples triglycerides are abnormal from 1.7 mmol/l (150 mg/dl).
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