Endocrinology-metabolism / Original Article
Validation of the Friedewald formula for estimating low density lipoprotein cholesterol: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009 to 2011
Jongseok Lee, Sungok Jang, Haemin Jeong, Ohk-Hyun Ryu
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(1):150-159. Published online March 21, 2018
Background/Aims: The aim of this study is to compare Friedewald-estimated and directly measured low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) values and assess the concordance in guideline risk classification between the two methods.
Methods: The data were derived from the 2009 to 2011 Korea National..
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