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Fasting for Lipid TestingComment on “Fasting Time and Lipid Levels in a Community-Based Population” ONLINE FIRST

Amit V. Khera, MD; Samia Mora, MD, MHS

Arch Intern Med. 2012;():1-2. doi:10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.263.

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Published online November 2012

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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/.../

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