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I'm wondering why are there different ways of calculating your total cholesterol?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered

Pathology 51 years experience

The results are the : Same. Cholesterol testing methods have undergone harmonization so that irrespective of the method, you get similar results.

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