Measurement Performance of Reagent Manufacturers by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Cholesterol Reference Method Laboratory Network Lipid Standardization Specified for Metabolic Syndrome-Focused Health Checkups Program in Japan
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Japan Atherosclerosis Society in Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
- Vol. 16 (6), 756-763
- https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.1503
Abstract
Aim: This study was designed to clarify the current measurement performance of 7 reagent manufacturers for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) and triglycerides (TG) specified for the metabolic syndrome (MetS)-focused health checkups program in Japan. Methods: Twenty HDLC, 21 LDLC and 9 TG analytical reagent/instrument/calibrator systems (system), and combinations of reagent lots, instrument models and calibrator lots, underwent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Cholesterol Reference Method Laboratory Network (CRMLN) lipid standardization. Eighty and 100% systems were requested to achieve an accuracy of within ±1% and ±2% of the reference value, so that a clinical laboratory can meet the CDC criteria. Results: The CDC performance criteria of HDLC, LDLC and TG require an accuracy of within ±5%, ±4% and ±5%, respectively. For HDLC, all 20 systems met the criteria. Fourteen (70.0%) and 18 (90.0%) systems were within ±1% and ±2%, respectively. For LDLC, 14 (66.7%) of 21 systems met the criteria, but 7 (33.3%) failed. Five (23.8%) and 17 (81.0%) systems were within ±1% and ±2%, respectively. For TG, 8 of 9 systems met the criteria. Two (22.2%) and 4 (44.4%) systems were within ±1% and ±2%, respectively. The minimum and maximum differences of a specified sample among manufacturers were 1.6 and 11.0 mg/dL for HDLC, 7.8 and 33.0 mg/dL for LDLC, and 2.8 and 27.4 mg/dL for TG, respectively. Conclusion: Homogeneous HDLC methods are acceptable for MetS, but further accuracy improvement of homogeneous LDLC and TG methods will be needed because of their poor performance.Keywords
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