Correlations between Direct and Calculated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Measurements in Children and Adolescents.

Sultan AlouffiMohd Wajid Ali KhanNawaf AlotabiAmal AlsuggyairIkram AlhassanIbrahim Al AlwanEsam Al BanyanYasmin A Al-TwaijriHani TamimFahad Al-HusseinSalih AljasserHanan AlfwazWaleed Tamimi

Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2020)

We observed good agreement between DLDL-C and CLDL-C in both children and adolescents. The Friedewald formula provided an adequate estimate of LDL-C for most fasting specimens. LDL-C difference percentage can also be used as a quality indicator to check laboratory analyzer performance in healthy subjects.

Keyphrases

low density lipoprotein
blood glucose
insulin resistance
human milk
quality improvement
fine needle aspiration
blood pressure
metabolic syndrome
ultrasound guided
low birth weight
weight loss