A new accurate, simple formula for LDL-cholesterol estimation based on directly measured blood lipids from a large cohort

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  de Cordova, Caio Mauricio Mendes ^a   de Cordova, Mauricio Mendes ^b  

^a Universidade de Blumenau FURB   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Análises Clínicas Santa Isabel   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; REAGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DEVICE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84880274761     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.011259     Document Type: Article

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