Gen Re Risk Insights: Skin Sterol

Submitted by Kathleen McGrath on Wed, 08/25/2010

The measurement of cholesterol in the skin (SC), or "skin sterol," has been put forward as a candidate to eliminate the need for testing blood for lipids and avoiding the inconvenient requirement for examinees to fast prior to the test. This edition of Risk Matters examines the claims for this test and its potential for cardiovascular risk assessment.

http://www.genre.com/sharedfile/pdf/RiskMatters201004-en.pdf

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