LDL cholesterol estimation in patients with the metabolic syndrome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Friedewald formula (LDL-F) for the estimation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations is the most often used formula in clinical trials and clinical practice. However, much concern has been raised as to whethe...

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Main Authors: Tselepis Alexandros D, Bairaktari Eleni T, Saougos Vasilios G, Filippatos Theodosios D, Tsimihodimos Vasilis, Gazi Irene, Elisaf Moses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/5/1/8