Consensus document for lipid profile testing and reporting in Spanish clinical laboratories: what parameters should a basic lipid profile include?

• Published in: Advances in laboratory medicine Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 138 - 146
• Main Authors: Arrobas Velilla, Teresa, Guijarro, Carlos, Ruiz, Raquel Campuzano, Piñero, Manuel Rodríguez, Valderrama Marcos, José Francisco, Pérez Pérez, Antonio, Botana López, Antonio M., López, Ana Morais, García Donaire, José Antonio, Obaya, Juan Carlos, Castilla-Guerra, Luis, Carratalá, Vicente Pallares, Cabello, Isabel Egocheaga, Lazo, Mercedes Salgueira, Castellanos Rodrigo, María Mar, Mostaza Prieto, José María, Gómez Doblas, Juan José, Buño Soto, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Germany De Gruyter 01.06.2023
• Subjects: apolipoprotein B; biochemistry; cardiovascular diseases; cholesterol; consensus; lipoprotein (a); consensus; cholesterol; cardiovascular diseases; apolipoprotein B; biochemistry; lipoprotein (a)
• ISSN: 2628-491X; 2628-491X
• DOI: 10.1515/almed-2023-0047

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) continue to be the main cause of death in our country. Adequate control of lipid metabolism disorders is a key challenge in cardiovascular prevention that is far from being achieved in real clinical practice. There is a great heterogeneity in the reports of lipid metabolism from Spanish clinical laboratories, which may contribute to its poor control. For this reason, a working group of the main scientific societies involved in the care of patients at vascular risk, has prepared this document with a consensus proposal on the determination of the basic lipid profile in cardiovascular prevention, recommendations for its realization and unification of criteria to incorporate the lipid control goals appropriate to the vascular risk of the patients in the laboratory reports.