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The authors used liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry to compare the metabolic profile of non-fasted and fasted plasma samples in the Nile rat model of type 2 diabetes. Metabolite measurements in non-fasted samples were more reproducible than in fasted samples, supporting the use of non-fasted plasma metabolomics to study glucose tolerance in Nile rats during diabetes progression.