Table 3.

Total cholesterol cut off point for detection of elevated LDL cholesterol

	LDL 130				LDL 160
TC cut-off point	Sensitivity	Specificity	Correctly classify	Likelihood ratio positive	Sensitivity	Specificity	Correctly classify	Likelihood ratio positive
≥180	97.3	52.6	71.7	2.05	99.6	36.4	45.3	1.56
≥190	93.3	69.6	79.8	3.07	99.2	49.6	56.6	1.97
≥200	84.5	82.4	83.3	4.80	98.4	62.4	67.5	2.61
≥210	70.0	92.5	82.9	9.38	95.6	75.9	87.7	3.97
≥220	54.2	96.7	78.6	16.5	87.5	85.2	85.5	5.91
≥230	38.7	98.5	73.0	25.9	74.9	92.0	89.6	9.41
≥240	28.2	99.4	69.0	47.2	64.4	96.1	91.7	16.7
≥250	18.8	99.9	65.3	189.2	49.8	98.7	91.9	39.5
≥260	12.4	99.9	62.5	124.8	33.6	99.3	90.0	46.0