title: [Measurement of blood cholesterol, decentralized, using a Reflotron, or centralized in a laboratory. A comparison].
abstract: In connection with an extensive screening programme for blood cholesterol, the cholesterol values in 105 participants were measured on a sample of capillary blood employing a Reflotron and, simultaneously, samples of venous blood were examined by conventional enzymatic analysis in a laboratory. Whereas the day-to-day variation and the scatter involved were quite limited in the laboratory, the variation scatter between the two methods of measurement was 0.65 mmol/l. This figure was, however, no greater than that described between different laboratories in USA. Nevertheless, it is an important problem with the Reflotron method that even slight deviations from the recommended procedure of withdrawing blood involve a systematic risk for erroneously low cholesterol results.
authors.affiliation: Den Københavnske Kolesterolgruppe.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agner
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mahnfeldt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baastrup
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Måling af blod-kolesterol decentralt med Reflotron eller centraliseret i laboratorium. En sammenligning.