Comparison of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Concentrations by Direct Measurement and by Friedewald Calculation
Comparison of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Concentrations by Direct Measurement and by Friedewald Calculation
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.12.036
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发表时间:
2020-03-15
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2.8
通讯作者:
Shin, Jeong-Hun
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作者:
Sung, Ki-Chul;Kwon, Chang Hee;Shin, Jeong-Hun
The purpose of this study was to compare Friedewald-calculated and directly measured low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. LDL-C is routinely estimated by the Friedewald formula in clinical practice. However, unreliability of the Friedewald-calculated LDL-C appears at lower LDL-C level or high triglyceride levels. We examined 147,143 Korean adults who underwent a comprehensive health examination in 2017. After excluding subjects with calculated Friedewald LDL-C = 400 mg/dL, 145,043 subjects (female; 43%, mean age; 42 +/- 8) were analyzed. Friedewald-calculated LDL-C levels were approximately 15 mg/dL lower to directly measured LDL-C. Friedewald measurement had high sensitivity (79.2%, 82.2% of sensitivity in males and 74.5% of sensitivity in females) and specificity (100%) for directly measured LDL-C cut-off value of >= 100 mg/dL in all levels of triglyceride. In 82% of total subjects, LCL-C measured by both methods differed by more than 10 mg/dL. The proportion of reclassification between both methods for National Cholesterol Education Program categories of risk was 50.3% of patients with Friedewald measurement of LDL-C = 70 mg/dL. Direct and Freidewald measurements of LDL-C levels are well correlated. However, concordance of both methods is low and reclassification between both is substantial for NECP categories of risk. Thus, it is desirable to make a global consensus on the LDL-C measurement. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Inc.