[Evaluation of an automated method for measuring low-density lipoprotein cholesterol]. 
We evaluated an automated method for measuring low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) with Integra 800 (Roche Diagnostics).  This method uses detergents which show selectivity for the different lipoproteins.  Our evaluation has shown a within run imprecision of 2% and a between-assay imprecision of 1.2%.  This method was not perturbed by haemoglobin, bilirubin or lipids.  However, the reagents remain expensive: we will use it when calculation or interpretation of lipid results are not possible.