Open AccessFasting Might Not Be Necessary Before Lipid Screening: A Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Michael Steiner,
Asheley Cockrell Skinner,
Eliana M. Perrin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2011-0844
Subject(s) - medicine , triglyceride , cholesterol , endocrinology , cross sectional study , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , lipid profile , high density lipoprotein , environmental health , pathology
There are barriers to fasting lipid screening for at-risk children. Results of studies in adults have suggested that lipid testing might be reliably performed without fasting.
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