Some considerations are as follows,
Per Nikolac (2014),
- The most common preanalytical cause of lipemia is inadequate time of blood sampling after the meal.
- Lipemia can also be caused by sampling too soon after administration of parenteral lipid emulsions
- Inadequate fasting times 8 vs 10 vs 12 hours
Krasowski (2019),
"The most common cause of lipemia is that the patient is not fasting and has eaten close in time to the blood draw. This effect is most dramatic when the patient has consumed a meal with high fat content."
Castro-Castro (2018),
"increase in the concentration of triglycerides; these include alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, pancreatitis, and certain treatments, including protease inhibitors (in HIV infection), estrogens, and contraceptives."
