Lipid Profile
The fats circulating in your blood — cholesterol and triglycerides.
The standard starting point for judging heart disease risk.
What this panel contains
How we rate it — Essential
Defensible in a routine adult check-up.
This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.
Check-ups that include it
None of the health check-up packages we track include this test.
Also sold as
Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.
cholesterol profile · lipid panel · lipid profile · lipidogram
Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.