Seth S Martin, Justin K Niles, Harvey W Kaufman, Zuhier Awan, Ola Elgaddar, Rihwa Choi, Sunhyun Ahn, Rajan Verma, Mahesh Nagarajan, Andrew Don-Wauchope, Maria Helane Costa Gurgel Castelo, Caio Kenji Hirose, David James, Derek Truman, Maja Todorovska, Ana Momirovska, Hedviga Pivovarníková, Monika Rákociová, Pedro Louzao-Gudin, Janserey Batu, Nehmat El Banna, Hema Kapoor
AIMS: Lipids are central in the development of cardiovascular disease, and the present study aimed to characterize variation in lipid profiles across different countries to improve understanding of cardiovascular risk and opportunities for risk-reducing interventions. METHODS AND RESULTS: This first collaborative report of the Global Diagnostics Network (GDN) evaluated lipid distributions from nine laboratory organizations providing clinical laboratory testing in 17 countries on five continents...
July 1, 2023: European Heart Journal