Variability in cholesterol measurements: Comparison of calculated and direct LDL cholesterol determinations

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 732-737

  Schectman, Gordon ^a,b   Patsches, Michael ^a   Sasse, Edward A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

analytic variability; biologic variability; Friedewald equation; HDL cholesterol; hypercholesterolemia; methods comparison; triglycerides; VLDL cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALCULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029988117     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.5.732     Document Type: Article

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