METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE AMOUNT OF CHOLESTEROL IN HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 3

摘要

Disclosed is a method for quantifying the amount of cholesterol in high-density lipoprotein 3 (HDL3) in a test sample without requiring cumbersome procedures. Said method includes: reacting a test sample with a surfactant that specifically reacts with high-density lipoprotein 3; and quantifying the amount of cholesterol. This makes it possible to use an automated analyzer to specifically quantify the amount of HDL3 cholesterol in a test sample without requiring cumbersome work such as ultracentrifuging and pretreatment. It is also possible to quantify the amount of HDL2 cholesterol by subtracting out the HDL3 cholesterol amount from a total HDL cholesterol amount obtained via an existing method for quantifying the total HDL cholesterol in a sample.