title: Evaluation of the VITROS chemistry products dHDL slides for direct measurement of high density lipoprotein cholesterol.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We evaluated the new VITROS direct high density lipoprotein cholesterol (dHDL) slide assay, based on the precipitation of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins by phosphotungstic acid/magnesium chloride (PTA/MgCl2).
  
  
  METHODS
  We determined linearity, within-run and between-run imprecision for the VITROS dHDL slide assay, and compared it to the RANDOX two-step PTA/MgCl2 method for 300 fresh sera. Moreover, triglyceride and cholesterol interference were tested.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The VITROS dHDL slide assay was linear from 0 to 3.13 mmol/l. Within-run and between-run imprecision were 1.6%, 1.8%, 3.3% and 3.2% for target values at 1.00 and 1.40 mmol/l, respectively. For 300 fresh serum samples, the linear regression equation between the VITROS dHDL slide assay (y) and the RANDOX PTA/MgCl2 2 method (x) was: y (mmol/l)=0.934 x+0.043 (CI=0.916-0.952 for slope and 0.017-0.069 for intercept) . The bias of the VITROS assay compared to the RANDOX PTA/MgCl2 method was less than 5% for HDL cholesterol concentrations used for medical decision (1.04 and 1.50 mmol/l). Total error remained below 13% for triglyceride and LDL cholesterol concentrations below 6.6 mmol/l.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The VITROS dHDL slide assay is rapid, linear over a broad range of concentrations, and satisfies the National Cholesterol Education Program goals for precision and accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Hôpital du Bocage, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon Cédex, France. laurence.duvillard@chu-dijon.fr
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duvillard
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gambert
mesh_terms: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D019963:Clinical Chemistry Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008055:Lipids; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides