Fasting might not be necessary before lipid screening: a nationally representative cross-sectional study.

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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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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pediatrics

Title: Pediatrics

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1098-4275

ISSN (Print): 0031-4005

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2011

Volume: 128

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. msteiner@med.unc.edu

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Publisher Item ID: peds.2011-0844

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0844

PMC ID: 3164087

PubMed ID: 21807697

SO-VID: cd98fa68-122a-46f2-b50c-7b6f5dcb25ca

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