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Novel method versus the Friedewald method for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in determination of the eligibility for statin treatment for primary prevention in the United States
Although the Friedewald method has been used as the clinical standard to estimate low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, a novel method with better accuracy was suggested and is now being adopted in real practice. We investigated the effect of this novel method on determining the eligib...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29703063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000010612 |