Lipid Profile

PanelEssentialFasting neededSample: blood

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.