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A modified formula for calculating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol values

BACKGROUND: The Friedewald formula (FF) is useful for calculating serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) values, but has a remarkable deviation and limitation especially in hypertriglyceridemia. We modify the formula which is now more suitable for LDL-C calculation. METHODS: 2180 cases we...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yunqin, Zhang, Xiaojin, Pan, Baishen, Jin, Xuejuan, Yao, Haili, Chen, Bin, Zou, Yunzeng, Ge, Junbo, Chen, Haozhu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20487572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-9-52