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Table 1 The medical decision-making limit for laboratory measures

Laboratory measures	Limit values
Laboratory measures	Male	Female
Blood haemoglobin, g/dL	≥13	≥12
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	≤1.5
Serum total cholesterol, mg/dL	<200
Serum triglyceride, mg/dL	<150
Serum HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL	≥60
Serum LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL	<130

The medical decision-making limit of laboratory measures was defined according to the values proposed by the National Health check-up programme
HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein

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