Quality Assessment of HDL Cholesterol Measurements in the WHO MONICA Project
| Term | Description | See Section |
|---|---|---|
| AP | Analysis period | 7.1 |
| AVERAGE BIAS | Survey average bias (%) | 7.3 |
| AVERAGE TIME of AP per RS | Average time of analysis period per relevant sets | 7.2 |
| BIAS% | Proportion of pools with bias out of limits | 7.3 |
| BIAS SCORE | Score for categorising BIAS% | 7.3 |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, U.S. | |
| CONSIST | Smallest difference between the maximum and the minimum bias in a survey analysis period | 7.3 |
| CONSIST SCORE | Score for categorising CONSIST | 7.3 |
| COVERAGE SCORE | Score to identify the proportion of the survey analysis period covered by the EQC | 7.2 |
| DELTA BIAS | Absolute difference between the average biases of two surveys | 7.5 |
| DFS | Deep-frozen score | 8 |
| EDTA | Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (anticoagulant) | |
| EQA | External quality assessment | |
| EQA SCORE | External quality assessment score of a single survey | 7.4 |
| EQC | External quality control | |
| HCEQASS | HDL cholesterol external quality assessment summary score | 8 |
| HCOSS | HDL cholesterol overall summary score | 8 |
| HCPASS | HDL cholesterol pre-analytical summary score | 8 |
| HDL | High density lipoprotein | |
| Term | Description | See Section |
| MAX-GAP | Maximum-Gap, i.e. maximum length of time from a survey sample analysis to the nearest relevant set | 7.2 |
| MCC | MONICA Collaborating Centre | |
| MDC | MONICA Data Centre, Helsinki | |
| PBDS | Position of blood drawing score | 8 |
| POOLED CONSIST | Smallest difference between the maximum and the minimum bias between surveys | 7.5 |
| POOLED CONSIST SCORE | Score for categorising POOLED CONSIST | 7.5 |
| PSDS | Plasma-serum difference score | 8 |
| RRS | Refrigeration or room temperature score | 8 |
| RS | Relevant set | 7.1 |
| RUA | Reporting Unit Aggregate | 2.1 |
| RV | Reference value | 7.3 |
| SACS | Storage after centrifuging score | 8 |
| SBIFRESHS | Storage before isolation of fresh samples subscore | 8 |
| SBIFROSTS | Storage before isolation of frozen samples subscore | 8 |
| SBIS | Storage before isolation score | 8 |
| TREND BIAS | Time trend of the bias over all analysis periods, adjusted for a ten year period | 7.5 |
| VAR% | Proportion of pools with coefficients of variation out of limits | 7.3 |
| VARIANCE SCORE | Score for categorising VAR% | 7.3 |
| WHO-RLRC | WHO Regional Lipid Reference Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Term | Description | See Section |