Is fasting required for lipid panel?

And it didn’t matter if the test was taken after fasting overnight or after eating. "Based on the clinical guidelines, we've been advising patients to fast before a lipid panel," senior investigator Sripal Bangalore, MD, of the NYU School of Medicine, told heartwire. read more

Lipid Panel Fasting Requirements A lipid panel is ultimately a cholesterol test. It's used to determine the level of not just total cholesterol, but also low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides in your bloodstream. read more

Requiring patients to fast for 8 to 12 hours before a lipid panel blood draw is common practice, but fasting adds no clinical value and is an unnecessary burden on patients, researchers said. Requiring patients to fast for 8 to 12 hours before a lipid panel blood draw is common practice, but fasting adds no clinical value and is an unnecessary burden on patients, researchers said. read more