Is directly measured low-density lipoprotein clinically equivalent to calculated low-density lipoprotein?

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-264

  Baruch, Lawrence ^a,b   Agarwal, Sanjay ^c   Gupta, Bhanu ^d   Haynos, Ann ^e   Johnson, Swapna ^a   Kelly Johnson, Katelyn ^a   Eng, Calvin ^a,b  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Hypercholesterolemia; LDL C cholesterol; Lipids

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOKINETICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79959600973     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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