Unraveling the controversy between fasting and nonfasting lipid testing in a normal population: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 244,665 participants.

Ahmed B Zaid Samah M Awad Mona G El-Abd Sara A Saied Shimaa K Almahdy AbdulRahman A Saied Alshimaa M ElmalawanyHind S AboShabaanHelmy S Saleh

Published in: Lipids in health and disease (2024)

This meta-analysis concluded that fasting for lipid profile testing is preferred as a conservative model to reduce variability and increase consistency in patients' metabolic status when sampling for lipid testing.

Keyphrases

systematic review
end stage renal disease
blood glucose
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
fatty acid
patient reported outcomes
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
weight loss