Assessment of three equations to calculate plasma LDL cholesterol concentration in fasting and non-fasting hypertriglyceridemic patients.
Joséphine VasseAudrey LassartesseOriane MarmontelSybil CharrièreCaroline BouveyronNathanaël MarriéPhilippe MoulinMathilde Di FilippoPublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2023)
None of the equations tested are accurate when TG>4.52 mmol/L. When TG<4.52 mmol/L both Sampson and Martin-Hopkins equations performed better than Friedewald. The switch to one or the other should take in account their limitations, their ease of implementation into the lab software and the proportion of non-fasting patients.