Retiring Friedewald, Rethinking Direct LDL-C: Modern LDL-C Equations Outperform Both the Friedewald Equation and Direct Assays

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria and National Health Laboratory Service Tshwane Academic Division, Pretoria, South Africa.
• ² Division of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ³ Clinical Chemistry, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland.
• ⁴ School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.