Description and quality of baseline data: Cholesterol

Table 9. Biochemical methods used in the measurement of total and HDL cholesterol (see Laboratory methods and procedures)
RUA Cohort Method Automated
or manual		 Isolation
technique (HDL)
AUS-NEWa 01
02
03		 Ext/Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 Hep-Mn++
PEG
PEG
DEN-GLOa 01
02
03
21		 Enz
Enz
Enz
.		 M
M
Semi-A
.		 PTA
PTA
PTA 543004
.
FIN-ATBa 21 Enz A Dxtr
FIN-EASa 01
02
03		 Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 Dxtr
Dxtr
Dxtr
FIN-EASb 24 Enz A Dxtr
FIN-WESa 01
02		 Enz
Enz		 A
A		 Dxtr
Dxtr
FIN-WESb 03
24		 Enz
Enz		 A
A		 Dxtr
Dxtr
FRA-LILa 21 Enz A PTA
FRA-STRa 21 Enz A PTA
FRA-TOUa 21 Enz A PTA
GER-AUGa 01
02
03		 Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 PTA
PTA
PTA 543004
ITA-BRIa 01
02
03		 Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 PTA 543004
PTA 543004
PTA 543004
ITA-FRIa 01
02
03		 Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 PEG
PEG
PEG
ITA-FSEa 21 Enz A PEG
RUA Cohort Method Automated
or manual		 Isolation
technique (HDL)
ITA-PAMa 21 Enz A PTA  543004
ITA-ROMb 01 Enz A PTA
ITA-ROMc 21
22
23
24		 Enz
Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A
A		 PTA
PTA
PTA
PTA
LTU-KAUa 01
02
03		 Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 Hep-Mn++
PTA
PTA
POL-TARa 01
02
03		 Dir
Dir
Dir		 M
M
M		 Hep-Mn++
Hep-Mn++
Hep-Mn++
POL-WARa 01
02
03		 Dir
Dir
Dir		 M
M
M		 Hep-Mn++
Hep-Mn++
Hep-Mn++
RUS-NOVb 01
02
03		 Ext
Ext/Enz
Enz		 A
A
A		 Hep-Mn++
Hep-Mn++
PTA
RUS-NOVc 21 Ext A Hep-Mn++
SWE-NSWa 01
02
03		 Enz
Enz
Enz 		A
A
A		 PTA
PTA 543004
PTA 543004
UNK-BELa 21 Enz A PTA
UNK-EDIa 01 Enz A Dxtr
UNK-GLAa 01
02
03
21		 Enz
Enz
Enz
Enz		 A
A
A
A		 Dxtr
Dxtr/PTA
Dxtr
Dxtr
UNK-SHHa 01 Enz A Dxtr
RUA Cohort Method Automated
or manual		 Isolation
technique (HDL)

Ext: Extraction
Enz: Enzymatic
Dir: Direct
A: Automated
M: Manual
snd: survey not done
Dxtr = Dextran sulphate-Mg++ method
Hep-Mn++ = Heparin-Manganese method
PEG = PEG 6000 method
PTA = Phosphotungstate-Mg++ method
PTA 543004 = Updated phosphotungstate-Mg++ method after the Boehringer-Ms

Updated on 2007-04-13

Description and quality of baseline data: Cholesterol