Comparative Study of Calculated LDL-Cholesterol Levels with the Direct Assay in Patients with Hypothyroidism

Background Hypothyroidism is one among the many factors that predisposes one to coronary artery disease. As low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) is associated with cardiovascular risk, calculated LDL-C should have good accuracy with minimal bias. Hypothyroidism alters the lipid composition of...

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Main Authors: Shrimanjunath Sankanagoudar, Sojit Tomo, Ravindra Kumar G. Shukla, Praveen Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1748628