Measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides from a dried blood spot in an Indian Council of Medical Research-World Health Organization multicentric survey on risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in India

Lakshmy, RMathur, PGupta, RShah, BAnand, KMohan, VDesai, NGMahanta, JJoshi, PPThankappan, KR2015-07-292015-07-292012J Clin Lipidol.6;1;33-41.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1933287411008002https://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/2551Dried blood may be a convenient method of sample collection in epidemiological studies; however, the method needs evaluation in a field settings. In the present study, feasibility of using dried blood for measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides was evaluated in multicenter surveillance study for noncommunicable disease (NCD).Public HealthMeasurement of cholesterol and triglycerides from a dried blood spot in an Indian Council of Medical Research-World Health Organization multicentric survey on risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in India