Accuracy of 23 Equations for Estimating LDL Cholesterol in a Clinical Laboratory Database of 5,051,467 Patients

Background: Alternatives to the Friedewald low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) equation have been proposed. Objective: To compare the accuracy of available LDL-C equations with ultracentrifugation measurement. Methods: We used the second harvest of the Very Large Database of Lipids (VLDbL),...

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Published in:	Global Heart
Main Authors:	Christeen Samuel, Jihwan Park, Aparna Sajja, Erin D. Michos, Roger S. Blumenthal, Steven R. Jones, Seth S. Martin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ubiquity Press 2023-06-01
Subjects:	ldl-c atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease friedewald equation martin/hopkins equation ultracentrifugation
Online Access:	https://account.globalheartjournal.com/index.php/up-j-gh/article/view/1214