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LDL-cholesterol calculation formulas in patients with or without the metabolic syndrome.
- Source :
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International journal of cardiology [Int J Cardiol] 2007 Jul 31; Vol. 119 (3), pp. 414-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Oct 11. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The present study compares the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) values obtained by the Friedewald formula (LDL-F) with those derived from a new equation that uses only the concentrations of total cholesterol and triglycerides (LDL-A) in patients with the metabolic syndrome (MS) (n=118) and in age- and sex-matched controls (n=112). According to our results, LDL-A was correlated with LDL-F in the MS as well as in the control group (p for both <0.001). However, LDL-A slightly overestimated the LDL-C levels compared with LDL-F in the control group, possible due to the higher high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in these individuals. Importantly, no difference was observed between the two equations in the MS group. LDL-A may be useful for the calculation of LDL-C levels when HDL-C level are not easily available.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1874-1754
- Volume :
- 119
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International journal of cardiology
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 17045352
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.139