TY - JOUR T1 - The best formula for estimating the low density lipoprotein cholesterol on a North African population JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/083790 SP - 083790 AU - Benghezel Hichem AU - Zehaf Mouna AU - Saadi Radia AU - Boukrous Hanane Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/10/26/083790.abstract N2 - We often use the estimation of low density lipoprotein cholesterol by using the Friedwald Formula, however limitation and uncertainties make calculation its limits use. Otherwise, simple and inexpensive formulas exists, rarely used in clinical laboratories: Hatorri, Puavilai, Anandaraja, Ahmadi, Vujovic, Saidullah and Cordova. These formulas were studied on small geographically and ethnically populations and require validation in a larger population.We intended by this work, highlight the formula that best estimates the low density lipoprotein cholesterol more accurately than the Friedewald formula on a North African population.It seems that the Puivalai formula is the most suitable to be applied on this population. ER -