Calculation method for the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels on the basis of the lipid metabolism modern paradigm

Authors

  • P. S. Sadovnikov
  • A. Yu. Olkhovik
  • V. S. Gurevich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34687/2219-8202.JAD.2022.03.0003

Abstract

 Aim. Using the Friedwald formula to determine the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the blood leads to underestimated results compared to real values. The purpose of this work was to improve the calculation formula for LDL-C.
Materials and methods. 750,000 results of complete individual lipidogramms were analyzed. Data processing was performed using the Python programming language version 3.9.2 using software libraries: pandas (1.1.3), numpy (1.19.2), seaborn (0.11.0), matplotlib (3.3.2), statsmodels (0.12.0), sklearn (0.23.2). The accuracy of the model in the determination of the analyte was evaluated using the Allowable Total Error (TEa) = 11.9%.
Results. According to the direct measurement of the level of total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C and TG, a graph of the dependence of the level of VLDL-C on the content of triglycerides in all fractions of lipoproteins was constructed. The coefficients of the intermediate equations were obtained from the linear regression equation, fitted by the least squares method using the statsmodels library (0.12.0) The final calculation formula was the following: LDL-C = nonHDL-C – (TG / 3 – 0.14). The accuracy of this equation in comparison with the direct determination of LDL-C in terms of TEa was 96.12% on a test sample of 150,000 lipidograms, which is significantly higher than when calculating using the Friedwald formula and alternative methods of S. Martin and M. Sampson: 62.29%, 72.96%, 71.62% respectively.
Conclusion. The new calculation formula for determining LDL-C proved to be a suitable tool, easy to use in any triglyceride levels. The use of this formula makes it possible to adequately compare the results of the calculated and direct assessments of LDL-C.

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2022-10-04

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Sadovnikov P. S., Olkhovik A. Y., Gurevich V. S. Calculation method for the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels on the basis of the lipid metabolism modern paradigm // The Journal of Atherosclerosis and Dyslipidemias. 2022. VOL. № 3 (48). PP. 21–28.

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