Comparative Study of Calculated LDL-Cholesterol Levels with the Direct Assay in Patients with Hypothyroidism

Autor: Shrimanjunath Sankanagoudar, Sojit Tomo, Ravindra Kumar G. Shukla, Praveen Sharma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Vol 14, Iss 04, Pp 456-464 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-2727
0974-7826
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748628
Popis: Background Hypothyroidism is one among the many factors that predisposes one to coronary artery disease. As low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) is associated with cardiovascular risk, calculated LDL-C should have good accuracy with minimal bias. Hypothyroidism alters the lipid composition of lipoproteins by the secretion of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, which affects the calculation of LDL-C. The present study aimed to compare 13 different formulae for the calculation of LDL-C including the newly derived Martin's formula by direct assay in patients of hypothyroidism. Method In this analytical cross-sectional study, a total of 105 patients with laboratory evidence of hypothyroidism, from January to June 2019, were studied, and blood samples were subjected for lipid profile analysis at central biochemistry laboratory. Calculated LDL-C was assessed by different formulae. Result We observed that calculated LDL-C by Friedewald's, Cordova's, Anandaraja's, Hattori's, and Chen's formulae has bias less than ± 5 compared with direct LDL-C, with Anandaraja's formula having the lowest bias (2.744) and Cordova's formula having lowest bias percentage (−1.077) among them. According to the Bland–Altman plots, the bias in Friedewald's and Anandraja's were equally distributed below and above the reference line of direct LDL-C. Conclusion This is the first study comparing different formulae for LDL-C calculation in patients with hypothyroidism. Anandaraja's formula was as equally effective as Friedewald's formula when used as an alternative cost-effective tool to evaluate LDL-C in hypothyroid patients. The recently proposed Martin's formula for calculated LDL-C had a higher bias when compared with Friedewald's and Anandaraja's formulae in patients with hypothyroidism.
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