Cholesterol blood test: What do the numbers mean? Your lipid panel results explained.

In this video I go through the standard cholesterol panel. What all the numbers mean and what to look out for in your test.

This is part of a series so if you have questions these will be answered in additional videos.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Intro
00:15 – Standard components of a lipid panel
00:37 – Measuring units mmol/l and mg/dl
01:16 – Total cholesterol
01:40 – Triglycerides
02:26 – HDL-Cholesterol and LDL-Cholesterol
02:33 – LDL - cholesterol - how it is calculated - and direct measurement
03:17 – Chol/HDL ratio and Non-HDL cholesterol
03:43 – Apolipoprotein B, LDL-particle count and LDL particle size
05:12 – Heart disease risk, particle size and concentration


We go through:
Total cholesterol
LDL - cholesterol
HDL - Cholesterol
Triglycerides
ApoB
LDL-P
Non-HDL cholesterol

If you are interested in learning more about cholesterol, and its management you can join the waitlist for my upcoming course at the following link:

https://drmikemacdonald.com/cholesterol/