These calculations are intended for educational use by healthcare professionals. Calculations must be re-checked and should not be used to guide patient care or clinical judgment (Disclaimer).
* This calculator is based on the average LDL-C reduction achieved in trials with a given therapy and therefore shows average results from lipid lowering therapy. Of note, trial populations usually have better adherence than in real-world practice. The results of untreated LDL-C calculation can be inflated by hyporesponse or non-adherence to therapy by the patient. Therefore, the calculator automatically gives an error when the calculated LDL-C exceeds 10 mmol/L. Levels this high are only seen in severely affected (homozygous) familial hypercholesterolemia patients.
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