Comment is made on 7 methods with respect to replicate analysis and correlation with results of the Schoenheimer-Sperry determination of serum cholesterol. Estimates of variance are tabulated for 5 of the methods in terms of twice the coefficient of variation (2CVx); values range from 6.2% to 11.8%, averaging approximately 10%. For cholesterol standards, reproducibility of color development is somewhat better for standards equivalent to more than 200 mg./100ml.; the range of values for 2CVx is 3.8% to 39% above 200 mg. per 100 ml.; below that level 2CVx is 9.4% to 16.6% for photometric methods. On the basis of reproducibility and ease of performance the method of choice for the determination of total cholesterol is the Carr-Drekter.
As estimated from findings for 12 cases of atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD) in a 4.9% sample representative of a survey of 3992 longshoremen, the incidence of ASHD is 87 per 1000 longshoremen having a total cholesterol of 230 mg./100 ml. or over; below that cholesterol level the incidence is 54 per 1000.
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