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

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