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

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 1944-1958

  Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a   Langsted, Anne ^a   Mora, Samia ^b   Kolovou, Genovefa ^c   Baum, Hannsjörg ^d   Bruckert, Eric ^e   Watts, Gerald F ^f   Sypniewska, Grazyna ^g   Wiklund, Olov ^h   Borén, Jan ^h   Chapman, M John ^e   Cobbaert, Christa ⁱ   Descamps, Olivier S ^j   Von Eckardstein, Arnold ^k   Kamstrup, Pia R ^a   Pulkki, Kari ^l   Kronenberg, Florian ^m   Remaley, Alan T ⁿ   Rifai, Nader ^o   Ros, Emilio ^p,q   Langlois, Michel ^r,s   more..

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^d Regionale Kliniken Holding RKH GmbH   (Germany)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j Hospital de Jolimont   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^m INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

ⁿ NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^q Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^r General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^s GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Normal values; Reference values; Stroke

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PANCREATITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS; LIPID METABOLISM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHOLESTEROL; CONSENSUS; FASTING; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84973465396     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw152     Document Type: Review

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