The sample note on lipid profile says serum, with 12 to 14 hours of fasting preferred. It does not block the booking if the patient has eaten. The person at the counter can still add the test. The opening price is ₹600.
Rows and the opening cut-offs
Total cholesterol opens under 200 mg/dL. Triglycerides open under 150. LDL opens under 100. VLDL opens at 30 or under. Non-HDL opens under 130. The cholesterol/HDL ratio opens with an ideal under 5.0, and LDL/HDL under 3.5. HDL is a low-side range: from 18 years it opens at 50 or above for a woman and 40 or above for a man. Under 18 it opens at 40 or above for either sex.
LDL in the method line is “calculated / direct”. The program does not run the Friedewald sum for you. Type the number the analyser gave, or the number the laboratory calculated. The same is true of VLDL and non-HDL.
Total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL and LDL can also be booked one at a time. Their opening prices are ₹150, ₹150, ₹200 and ₹250. A fasting note is on triglycerides as well.