Cardiology · Internal Medicine
Sampson Estimated LDL Cholesterol calculator
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- Total cholesterol (mg/dL)Accepted range: 50 to 600
- HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)Accepted range: 10 to 150
- Triglycerides (mg/dL)Accepted range: 30 to 1000
Primary source
Sampson M et al. A New Equation for Calculation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients With Normolipidemia and/or Hypertriglyceridemia. JAMA Cardiol. DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.5443. PMID: 32017619. Scope: Sampson LDL-C (mg/dL) = TC/0.948 − HDL/0.971 − (TG/8.56 + TG×non-HDL/2140 − TG²/16100) − 9.44. (2020)
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