Does a new equation improve the accuracy of LDL-C calculation in patients with normolipidemia and/or hypertriglyceridemia compared to standard methods?
A new equation improves the accuracy of LDL-C calculation in patients with low LDL-C or hypertriglyceridemia without adding costs to the standard lipid panel, aiding in cardiovascular disease risk management.
The new equation can be readily implemented by clinical laboratories with no additional costs compared with the standard lipid panel. It will allow for more accurate calculation of LDL-C level in patients with low LDL-C levels and/or hypertriglyceridemia (TG levels, ≤800 mg/dL) and thus should improve the use of LDL-C level in cardiovascular disease risk management.
Sampson et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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