Comparison of LDL cholesterol concentrations by Friedewald calculation and direct measurement in relation to cardiovascular events in 27 331 women

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 888-894

  Mora, Samia ^a   Rifai, Nader ^c   Buring, Julie E ^a,b   Ridker, Paul M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 65949103417     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.117929     Document Type: Article

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