In the study, published online March 26, 2013 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the researchers examined 1 340 614 US adults who underwent lipid profiling by vertical spin density ...

The formula that has been used to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or ‘bad’ cholesterol levels is often inaccurate, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University ...

Researchers have developed a more accurate way to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called “bad” form of blood fat that can lead to hardening of the arteries and increase the ...

In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who routinely depend on cholesterol testing, a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that ...

The Martin/Hopkins method of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol assessment is more accurate that the usual calculation method, according to an analysis of the FOURIER trial. Among FOURIER ...

The Martin/Hopkins method of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol assessment is more accurate that the usual calculation method, according to an analysis of the FOURIER trial. Among FOURIER ...

The Friedewald equation, which is commonly used to estimate LDL-cholesterol level, assumes a fixed ratio of five between triglycerides and VLDL cholesterol (TG:VLDL-C). Martin et al. have developed ...

In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who routinely depend on cholesterol testing, a new study has found that the standard formula used for decades to calculate ...