title: Evaluation of an automated procedure for primary screening of hyperlipoproteinemias.
abstract: An automated procedure for the determination of beta-plus-pre-beta-lipoprotein cholesterol is described and evaluated for mass screening of hyperlipoproteinemias. It is shown that this method fulfills the requirements for an ideal method for primary screening: it can be used in non-fasting samples, is capable of detecting hyperlipoproteinemias characterized by both cholesterol and/or triglyceride abnormalities, is fast, accurate and extremely inexpensive. Evidence is shown that the method is extremely useful for primary screening and, when tested in a coronary screening detection program, gave only 4% false positive and 3.4% false negative results.
mesh_terms: D001322:Autoanalysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004435:Eating; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol