Why the study?
Does the Cholestech LDX provide comparable lipid profile measurements to the Reflotron Plus in adults undergoing health screening?
Population
80 University College Cork staff members selected randomly for a free health screen
Comparison
Lipid profiling using Cholestech LDX… vs Lipid profiling using Reflotron Plus…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May affect lipid management in screening; leaves open device interchangeability for validation studies.
Does the Cholestech LDX provide comparable lipid profile measurements to the Reflotron Plus in adults undergoing health screening?
Significant inconsistencies exist between the Cholestech LDX and Reflotron Plus POCT devices for lipid profiling, which may affect patient management.
O’Donovan et al. (2011) studied this question.
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