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A patient is admitted to the hospital with intense chest pains. The patient's primary care physician requests that the emergency room doctor order several tests, including a lipid profile with cholesterol fractionation.
 
  The patient's results are as follows:
  Total Cholesterol = 400 mg/dL Triglycerides = 300 mg/dL
   HDL Cholesterol = 100 mg/dL LP Electrophoresis - pending
  The LDL cholesterol for this patient would be ____________ mg/dL.
  A) 160
  B) 200
  C) 240
  D) 300

Question 2

True or false? Increased levels of apolipoprotein A-I are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease.
 
  A) True
  B) False



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Ans: C

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