| 摘要 |
Methods for assessing a patient's risk of having or developing coronary heart disease based on lipoprotein measurements include: (a) generating an NMR spectroscopic signal of a blood plasma or serum sample of a patient; (b) measuring the values of a plurality of selected lipoprotein subclass constituents in the sample; (c) analyzing the measured values of the lipoprotein subclass constituents according to predetermined test criteria to identify when there is an increased and/or decreased risk of having and/or developing coronary heart disease associated with the measured lipoprotein subclass constituent values; (d) outputting the measured lipoprotein subclass values onto a report; (e) providing a plurality of risk analysis portions that depicts the identified risk of the measured lipoprotein subclass values from the predetermined test criteria analysis, a respective one for each measured lipoprotein subclass value, wherein each risk analysis portion defines a plurality of risk segments that are associated with lower, negative, or decreased risk and higher, positive, or increased risk, each risk segment associated with predetermined ranges of measured numerical values; (f) positioning the respective risk analysis portions in the report adjacent its measured corresponding lipoprotein subclass value; and (g) drawing a selectively adjustable perimeter line on the report so that it has an increased size, intensity and/or contrasting color for the risk segment associated with the measured lipoprotein subclass value relative to the non-associated risk segments for each risk analysis portion to visually enhance the identified risk and provide a contemporaneous risk assessment guide useful for interpretation of the risk associated with the measured values.
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