Cholesterol Reading Ratio
Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores
It's very possible your MD orders lab work and you have no idea what or why you're having blood drawn. Well, let's clear up the confusion when it comes to your cholesterol labs.
The terms "lipid panel", "lipid profile", and "lipoprotein profile" are used interchangeably to order the same set of labs. To make reading this easier, I'm going to use "lipid profile" from here on out.
"Lipid" is simply a medical term for "fat". A lipid profile measures fatty substances in your blood. Chole...
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