Monitoring Cholesterol Levels: Understanding Variance and Finding the Most Useful Data

  1. Justin W. Timbie, PhD
  1. From Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    I read with great interest the article by Glasziou and colleagues (1), which provided useful variance parameters for a simulation study I am currently conducting. I believe the authors made 2 errors, however, and although neither error alters the conclusions of their study, researchers using the reported estimates for other work might come to erroneous conclusions depending …

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