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Total error assessment of five methods for cholesterol screening

W G Miller1, J M McKenney, M R Conner

  • 1Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0597.

Clinical Chemistry
|February 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Cholesterol screening devices show significant errors. Most devices failed to meet National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines, leading to potential patient misclassification in public health settings.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Biomedical Devices
  • Public Health Screening

Background:

  • Accurate cholesterol measurement is crucial for cardiovascular disease risk assessment.
  • Public cholesterol screening relies on point-of-care devices with varying performance standards.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the analytical accuracy and patient misclassification errors of five cholesterol measurement devices.
  • To compare device performance against National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed accuracy, imprecision, total analytical error, and misclassification for cholesterol in capillary whole blood, venous whole blood, and venous plasma.
  • Evaluated five devices: Reflotron, Vision, Ektachem DT-60, QuickRead, and Liposcan.

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Main Results:

  • No device met NCEP recommendations (3% CV, 3% bias).
  • Venous samples showed total errors of 4-5% for Vision and Reflotron; capillary samples exceeded 5%.
  • Patient misclassification rates ranged from 5.1% to 18.3%, with QuickRead and Liposcan performing poorest.

Conclusions:

  • Current cholesterol screening devices exhibit significant analytical and clinical errors.
  • Device performance limitations may compromise accurate patient risk stratification in public screening environments.
  • Further improvements in point-of-care cholesterol testing technology are needed to meet established performance criteria.