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LDL, or low density lipoproteins, are the "bad cholesterol" you hear about on television.
When your physician orders a lipid panel, there are two ways of determining the LDL, calculated from the HDL and total cholesterol, or direct measurement. The lab which ran your specimen apparently uses the direct measurement, which is the most accurate.
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