Patent ID: 6576471
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G01N,G16H,G16Z,Y10T

Abstract:
A computer program product for automatically generating personalized lipoprotein-based information for a plurality of subjects, the computer program product comprising:a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising: computer readable program code for generating lipoprotein measurement values for a patient's blood and/or plasma sample, the lipoprotein measurement values including a plurality of lipoprotein subclass variable measurements, including at least two of: LDL size, LDL concentration, large HDL concentration, and large VLDL concentration; computer readable program code for comparing the plurality of patient lipoprotein subclass variable values with respective predetermined test criteria for determining whether the subclass variable values are associated with a higher lower risk of developing coronary heart disease; computer program code for evaluating the lipoprotein measurement values and generating a reduced target value or values for what represents an optimal or low risk value for selected lipoprotein constituents to provide a patient-specific treatment guideline based on the presence of predetermined risk criteria; and computer readable program code for automatically generating personalized lipoprotein-based reports for a plurality of patients, wherein the computer program code for generating the report includes computer program code for generating a plurality of risk analysis portions representing lower to higher degrees of risk therein, one for each measured lipoprotein subclass, so that a respective one risk analysis portion is aligned adjacent the corresponding measured subclass lipoprotein value, each of the respective risk analysis portions visually indicating when there is a higher risk of coronary heart disease for the measured value by displaying and/or printing the corresponding degree of risk associated with the measured value within a respective risk analysis portion in a visually accentuated manner to thereby provide a contemporaneous reference guideline for interpretation of the measured value, wherein at least one of the risk analysis portions comprises a plurality of discrete horizontal boxes, each representing a predetermined degree of risk and/or a positive or negative risk association, and wherein the computer readable program code for generating the risk analysis portions comprises computer program code that generates one box with a color enhanced border that is in a different color from the other discrete boxes in that risk analysis portion.