Publications by authors named "Mercedes Agudo-Macazaga"
Extreme concentrations of high density lipoprotein cholesterol affect the calculation of low density lipoprotein cholesterol in the Friedewald formula and other proposed formulas.
Jesús Timón-Zapata Emilio José Laserna-Mendieta Daniel Pineda-Tenor Mercedes Agudo-Macazaga Carmen Narros-Cecilia
Clin Biochem
December 2011
Objectives: To investigate the effect of extreme levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in the calculation of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) using Friedewald's formula (FF) and other formulas proposed recently.
Design And Methods: Lipoprotein profile was performed in 2603 samples with HDL-C ≤ 20 mg/dL and 1953 samples with HDL-C ≥ 100 mg/dL.
Results: Wilcoxon's and Student's t-tests showed significant differences (p<0.