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SUBMITTER: Quispe R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5399386 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC medicine 20170420 1
<h4>Background</h4>As the approach to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering becomes increasingly intensive, accurate assessment of LDL-C at very low levels warrants closer attention in individualized clinical efficacy and safety evaluation. We aimed to assess the accuracy of LDL-C estimation at very low levels by the Friedewald equation, the de facto clinical standard, and compare its accuracy with a novel, big data-derived LDL-C estimate.<h4>Methods</h4>In 191,333 individuals wit ...[more]