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The use of fasting vs. non-fasting triglyceride concentration for estimating the prevalence of high...

The use of fasting vs. non-fasting triglyceride concentration for estimating the prevalence of high...

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The use of fasting vs. non-fasting triglyceride concentration for estimating the prevalence of high LDL-cholesterol and metabolic syndrome in population surveys

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The use of fasting vs. non-fasting triglyceride concentration for estimating the prevalence of high LDL-cholesterol and metabolic syndrome in population surveys

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC medical research methodology, 2011-05, Vol.11 (1), p.63-63, Article 63

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

For practical reasons it is not easy to obtain fasting samples in large population health surveys. Non-fasting triglyceride (Tg) values are difficult to interpret. The authors compared the accuracy of statistically corrected non-fasting Tg values with true fasting values and estimated the misclassification of subjects with high low-density lipoprot...

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The use of fasting vs. non-fasting triglyceride concentration for estimating the prevalence of high LDL-cholesterol and metabolic syndrome in population surveys

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b0565a94a874483494c610107bbe5fa4

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b0565a94a874483494c610107bbe5fa4

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ISSN

1471-2288

E-ISSN

1471-2288

DOI

10.1186/1471-2288-11-63

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