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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Cardiol. 2015 Sep 1;13(1):48–60. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.124

Table 1 |.

Clinically available tests for HDL function and dysfunction131,132

Test Population Disease association
Macrophage cholesterol efflux Patients with stable CHD (case-control) CAD81
Monocyte chemotaxis assay Patients with stable CHD (case-control) CAD16
Cell-free assay Patients with stable CHD (case-control) CAD16
Proteomics
Oxidized tryptophan Patients with stable CHD or ACS (case-control) CVD6
Chlorinated tyrosine-192 Patients with stable CHD or ACS (case-control) CAD13
Oxidized methionine-148 Patients with stable CHD or ACS (case-control) CAD13
Apolipoprotein C-III on HDL Prospective population CVD events50

Abbreviations: ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CAD, coronary artery disease; CHD, coronary heart disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.