Patent ID: 6808889
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for determining the level of an apolipoprotein in the serum of an individual based on levels of the apolipoprotein in the individual's saliva comprisingobtaining a saliva sample from an individual, reacting the apolipoproteins in the saliva sample with antibodies immunoreactive with one or more of the apolipoproteins, wherein the antibodies are in a quantitative assay which measures the amount or concentration of bound complexes between apolipoproteins and the antibodies immunoreactive therewith, determining the amount of apolipoproteins in the serum of the individual by comparing the immunoreactive between the antibodies and apolipoproteins in the saliva sample by reference to standards of known amounts of apolipoproteins in saliva and serum.