Affiliation:
1. Lipid Research Laboratory, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA 02111
Abstract
Abstract
Although dextran-Mg2+ precipitation produces accurate and precise results for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in fresh plasma and serum, precipitation of frozen specimens with triglycerides > 2.26 mmol/L (> 200 mg/dL) is difficult. We developed a modification that dilutes thawed samples by 35% and increases dextran-Mg2+ reagent to 15% of sample volume. Standard precipitations were performed on 62 fresh EDTA-treated plasma specimens; supernatant solutions were analyzed fresh and after freezing. Standard and modified methods were also performed on thawed, paired plasmas. In specimens with triglycerides < or = 2.26 mmol/L, HDL cholesterol results for all methods were similar. For triglycerides > 2.26 mmol/L, however, bias and precision were significantly affected by freezing, and 38.5% of samples with standard precipitation required additional procedures to produce clear supernatant solutions. HDL cholesterol concentrations for thawed samples with standard precipitation were significantly greater than for fresh samples (P < 0.02), but those for the modified method were not different from fresh samples, and only one specimen required additional steps to produce a clear supernate.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Biochemistry, medical,Clinical Biochemistry
Cited by
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