Apolipoprotein B
| Method(s) | Immunoassay (IA) | ||||||||
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| Synonym | Apo B | ||||||||
| Specimen Required | |||||||||
| Collect | One 5 mL gold (SST) top tube. |
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| Transport | 1 mL serum ambient (Min: 0.5 mL). |
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| Stability | Ambient: 7 days Refrigerated: 10 days Frozen: 30 days |
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| Unacceptable Conditions | Grossly lipemic |
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| Schedule | Mon-Fri | ||||||||
| CPTCode | 82172 | ||||||||
| Notes | Performing Laboratory-Quest Diagnostics-Chantilly VA | ||||||||
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| Reference Interval | |||||||||
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Less than 90 mg/dL
Caridovascular event risk category cut points (optimal, moderate, high) are based on National Lipid Association recommendations-Jacobson TA et al. J of Clin Lipid. 2015; 9: 129-169 and Jellinger PS et al. Endocr Pract. 2017;23(Suppl 2):1-87. |
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