Quality Assessment of Total Cholesterol Measurements in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 8. Biochemical methods (see Section 5.1)
RUA Ini Mid Fin
Method Automated
or manual
Method Automated
or manual
Method Automated
or manual
AUS-NEWa Ext/Enz A Enz A Enz A
AUS-PERa Ext/Enz A Enz A Enz A
AUS-PERb snd snd Enz A Enz A
BEL-CHAa Enz A Enz A Enz A
BEL-GHEa Enz A Enz A Enz A
BEL-LUXa Enz A snd snd snd snd
CAN-HALa Enz A snd snd Enz A
CHN-BEIa Enz M Enz M Enz M
CZE-CZEa Enz M Enz M Enz M
DEN-GLOa Enz M Enz M Enz Semi-A
FIN-KUOa Enz A Enz A Enz A
FIN-NKAa Enz A Enz A Enz A
FIN-TULa Enz A Enz A Enz A
FRA-LILa Enz A snd snd Enz A
FRA-STRa Enz A snd snd Enz A
FRA-TOUa Enz A Enz A Enz A
GER-AURa Enz A Enz A Enz A
GER-AUUa Enz A Enz A Enz A
GER-BERa Dir A Dir A snd snd
GER-BREa Enz A Dir/Enz A Enz A
GER-BREb snd snd Dir/Enz A Enz A
GER-COTa Dir A Dir A snd snd
GER-EGEb Dir A Dir A Enz A
GER-ERFa Dir A Dir A . .
GER-HACa Dir A Dir A snd snd
GER-KMSa Dir A Dir A snd snd
GER-RDMc Dir A snd snd snd snd
GER-RHNa Enz A snd snd snd snd
RUA Ini Mid Fin
Method Automated
or manual
Method Automated
or manual
Method Automated
or manual
HUN-BUDa Dir M Enz . snd snd
HUN-PECa Enz A Enz A snd snd
ICE-ICEa Ext A Enz A Enz A
ISR-TELa Enz A snd snd snd snd
ITA-BRIa Enz A Enz A Enz A
ITA-FRIb Enz A Enz A Enz A
ITA-FRIc Enz A Enz A Enz A
ITA-LATa Enz A snd snd snd snd
LTU-KAUa Enz A Enz A Enz A
MLT-MLTa Enz A snd snd snd snd
NEZ-AUCa Ext A snd snd Enz A
POL-TARa Dir M Dir M Dir M
POL-WARa Dir M Dir M Enz A
ROM-BUCa Enz M snd snd snd snd
RUS-MOCa Ext/Enz A Enz A Enz A
RUS-MOIa Ext/Enz A Enz A Enz A
RUS-MOIb Ext/Enz A snd snd Enz A
RUS-NOCa Ext A Ext/Enz A Enz A
RUS-NOCb Ext A snd snd snd snd
RUS-NOIa Ext A Ext/Enz A Enz A
SPA-CATa Enz A Enz A Enz A
SWE-GOTa Enz A Enz A Enz A
SWE-NSWa Enz A Enz A Enz A
SWI-TICa Enz M Enz A Enz A
SWI-VAFa Enz A Enz A Enz A
UNK-BELa Enz A Enz A Enz A
UNK-GLAa Enz A Enz A Enz A
USA-STAa Ext A Ext A Enz A
YUG-NOSa Enz M Enz . Enz A
RUA Ini Mid Fin
Method Automated
or manual
Method Automated
or manual
Method Automated
or manual

Ext: Extraction
Enz: Enzymatic
Dir: Direct
A: Automated
M: Manual
snd: survey not done
. : data not available