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Comparison of various formulae for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by a combination of ages and genders in Taiwanese adults

BACKGROUND: The accuracy and precision of the Friedewald formula for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is questionable. Although other formulae have been developed, only a few studies compare them. Thus, we compared the efficiencies of various formulae, based on the age and gend...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Chung-Huang, Wu, Hsin-Hung, Weng, Shao-Jen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25178189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-113