Consensus document for lipid profile determination and reporting in Spanish clinical laboratories. What parameters should be included in a basic lipid profile?

• Published in: Clinica e investigacion en arteriosclerosis : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Arteriosclerosis Vol. 35; no. 2; p. 91
• Main Authors: Arrobas Velilla, Teresa, Guijarro, Carlos, Campuzano Ruiz, Raquel, Rodríguez Piñero, Manuel, Valderrama Marcos, José Francisco, Pérez Pérez, Antonio, Botana López, Manuel Antonio, Morais López, Ana, García Donaire, José Antonio, Obaya, Juan Carlos, Castilla Guerra, Luis, Pallares Carratalá, Vicente, Egocheaga Cabello, Isabel, Salgueira Lazo, Mercedes, Castellanos Rodrigo, María Mar, Mostaza Prieto, José María, Gómez Doblas, Juan José, Buño Soto, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Consensus; Humans; Laboratories, Clinical; Lipids; Lipid panel; Cardiovascular disease; Lipids; Biochemistry; Triglycerides; Lipoproteína (a); Consenso; Apolipoproteína B; Cholesterol; Consensus; Lípidos; Apolipoprotein B; Bioquímica; Triglicéridos; Panel de lípidos; Colesterol; Enfermedades cardiovasculares; Lipoprotein (a)
• ISSN: 1578-1879
• DOI: 10.1016/j.arteri.2022.10.002

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.