HDL cholesterol

Material: Blood
Study price: PLN 12.00
Waiting time for the result: result no later than the next working day
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Preparation for the study

General

  • The test material is blood.
  • The patient does not need to be fasting.About 30 minutes before the test it is advisable to drink a glass of water.

Description

Transported fats are in the blood bound to proteins (lipoproteins). HDL - high-density lipoproteins.
Importance of HDL cholesterol testing: assessing the risk of atherosclerosis and its consequences like stroke and myocardial infarction. Monitoring treatment with cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Abnormal values: in overweight people, type II diabetes, alcohol abuse, hypertension, family tendency to low HDL values, in women protective effect of estrogens.
Elevated values occur, for example: in lipid disorders, atherosclerosis, with high and irregular physical activity, after lipid-lowering drugs.

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