The Difference Between Traditional HDL Cholesterol Assays and the Direct

question 8

Multiple Choice

The difference between traditional HDL cholesterol assays and the direct homogeneous assay is that:

• A) there is no physical separation of HDL from the non-HDL fractions and HDL is selectively measured.
• B) precipitation of non-HDL lipoproteins must occur using polyanions.
• C) enzymatic measurement of HDL occurs after non-HDL lipoproteins are removed by ultracentrifugation.
• D) measurement of the rate of oxygen consumption occurs before removal of non-HDL lipoproteins.

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