Table 4. Fasting status and posture of subjects during venipuncture

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**Table 4.** Fasting status and posture of subjects during venepuncture (see Sections 4.1.1. and 4.2.3.)
RUA	Survey	Fasting	Fasting hours	Expected fasting proportion (%)	Avoid heavy meal before examination	Food intake before examination	Posture of subject
AUS-NEWa	Ini Mid Fin	yes no no	12 ir ir	91 ir ir	all fasting no no	asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
AUS-PERa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	95 95 95	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
AUS-PERb	Mid Fin	yes yes	12 12	95 95	all fasting all fasting	asked asked	sitting sitting
BEL-CHAa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	lying lying lying
BEL-GHEa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	lying lying lying
BEL-LUXa	Ini	yes	10	100	all fasting	asked	lying
CAN-HALa	Ini Fin	yes yes	12 12	98 95	all fasting all fasting	asked asked	sitting sitting
CHN-BEIa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
CZE-CZEa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 10-12 10-12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
DEN-GLOa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	lying lying lying
RUA	Survey	Fasting	Fasting hours	Expected fasting proportion (%)	Avoid heavy meal before examination	Food intake before examination	Posture of subject
FIN-KUOa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	4 4 4	80 80 80	all fasting yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
FIN-NKAa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	4 4 4	80 80 80	all fasting yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
FIN-TULa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	4 4 4	80 80 80	all fasting yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
FRA-LILa	Ini Fin	yes yes	9 10	? 100	all fasting all fasting	not asked asked	sitting sitting
FRA-STRa	Ini Fin	no yes	ir 10	ir 99	no all fasting	asked asked	sitting sitting/lying
FRA-TOUa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	10 10 10	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
GER-AURa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
GER-AUUa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
GER-BERa	Ini Mid	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
GER-BREa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
GER-BREb	Mid Fin	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
RUA	Survey	Fasting	Fasting hours	Expected fasting proportion (%)	Avoid heavy meal before examination	Food intake before examination	Posture of subject
GER-COTa	Ini Mid	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
GER-EGEb	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
GER-ERFa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
GER-HACa	Ini Mid	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
GER-KMSa	Ini Mid	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
GER-RDMc	Ini	no	ir	ir	no	not asked	sitting
GER-RHNa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	sitting
HUN-BUDa	Ini Mid	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
HUN-PECa	Ini Mid	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	sitting sitting
ICE-ICEa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	10 10 10	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
ISR-TELa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	sitting
ITA-BRIa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	99 99 99	yes yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
ITA-FRIb	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	yes yes yes	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
ITA-FRIc	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	yes yes yes	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
ITA-LATa	Ini	yes	12	100	all fasting	asked	sitting
RUA	Survey	Fasting	Fasting hours	Expected fasting proportion (%)	Avoid heavy meal before examination	Food intake before examination	Posture of subject
LTU-KAUa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	80 80 80	yes yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
MLT-MLTa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	sitting
NEZ-AUCa	Ini Fin	no no	ir ir	ir ir	no no	not asked not asked	lying lying
POL-TARa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
POL-WARa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
ROM-BUCa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	sitting
RUS-MOCa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	90 90 90	yes yes yes	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
RUS-MOIa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	90 90 90	yes yes yes	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
RUS-MOIb	Ini	yes	12	90	yes	not asked	sitting
RUS-NOCa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
RUS-NOCb	Ini	yes	12	100	all fasting	asked	sitting
RUS-NOIa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
RUA	Survey	Fasting	Fasting hours	Expected fasting proportion (%)	Avoid heavy meal before examination	Food intake before examination	Posture of subject
SPA-CATa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
SWE-GOTa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	4 4 4	80 80 80	yes yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
SWE-NSWa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	4 4 4	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	not asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
SWI-TICa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
SWI-VAFa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
UNK-BELa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	yes yes yes	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
UNK-GLAa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
USA-STAa	Ini Mid Fin	no no no	ir ir ir	ir ir ir	no no no	not asked not asked not asked	sitting sitting sitting
YUG-NOSa	Ini Mid Fin	yes yes yes	12 12 12	100 100 100	all fasting all fasting all fasting	asked asked asked	sitting sitting sitting
RUA	Survey	Fasting	Fasting hours	Expected fasting proportion (%)	Avoid heavy meal before examination	Food intake before examination	Posture of subject

ir = irrelevant
. = missing data