RT Journal
A1 Khera AV, Mora S
T1 Fasting for lipid testing: Is it worth the trouble?: comment on “fasting time and lipid levels in a community-based population”
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD December 10
VO 172
IS 22
SP 1710
OP 1711
DO 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.263
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.263
AB 
Lipid testing plays a major role in cardiovascular risk stratification and the assessment of lipid responses to clinical interventions. Current guidelines suggest that blood samples for lipid profiles should be obtained after a 9- to 12-hour fast.1 This requirement is not always practical for patients, who rarely present to health care providers in a fasting state. Patients often expend additional resources to return to a laboratory while fasting, and some may forgo coming back altogether. A report by Sidhu and Naugler in this issue challenges the necessity of fasting before blood collection.2