Martin/Hopkins Method to Calculate LDL Or ‘Bad’ Cholesterol Outperforms Other Equations, Study Shows
Johns Hopkins MedicineIn a new large, comprehensive analysis that looked at data from more than 5 million patients, the Martin/Hopkins method developed by Johns Hopkins researchers to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol — so-called bad cholesterol — produces higher accuracy rates than the nearly two dozen other available equations.