The Friedewald formula has been used to calculate LDL cholesterol for more than 40 years, Neil Stone, MD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, pointed out in an ...

The authors reported superior LDL-C <70mg/dL accuracy with the novel method (82%) versus Friedewald estimation (37%) with TG 200–399mg/dL in non-fasting patients.

The Friedewald method estimates LDL cholesterol using the following formula: total cholesterol minus high-density lipoprotein (HDL)--or "good" cholesterol--minus triglycerides divided by 5.

A way to calculate LDL cholesterol levels that gives more accurate results than standard equations for people with hypertriglyceridemia or very low LDL has been reported. The equation, which ...

A newer method for calculating low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is more accurate than the older method that required people fast before blood was drawn.

Quest Diagnostics Inc said on Thursday it will begin using a more precise method of calculating levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol that no longer requires fasting prior to blood draw, a development ...