Is it time to abandon fasting for routine lipid testing?

Cleve Clin J Med. 2017 Dec;84(12):919-922. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.16135.

Authors

Zareen Farukhi¹, Samia Mora²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Lipid Metabolomics, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Center for Lipid Metabolomics, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. smora@partners.org.

PMID: 29244646
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.16135

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MeSH terms

Fasting* / blood
Humans
Lipids / blood*
Postprandial Period
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Assessment
Triglycerides / blood

Substances

Lipids
Triglycerides

Grants and funding

T32 HL007575/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States