What are the blood lipid test items

I believe that many people often hear about people with the "three highs" in their daily lives, namely high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high blood lipids. Regarding the first two, many people know how to measure them, but many people do not understand how blood lipids are measured. Except for doctors, many people don’t know what items are included in blood lipid tests. Today I will teach you about this blood lipid test.

Blood lipids are the general term for neutral fats and lipids in plasma, which are widely present in the human body. They are essential substances for the basic metabolism of living cells. Blood lipid test is mainly a quantitative determination method for lipids contained in the blood.

The blood lipid test currently carried out in hospitals is mainly a quantitative determination method of lipids contained in blood (plasma). Commonly used test items generally include the following categories:

1. Determination of total cholesterol (Tch or TC) and cholesterol ester (chE).

2. Triglyceride (TG) determination.

3. Lipoprotein components and subcomponents determination. It can be further divided into three categories: high-density lipoprotein (HDL, also known as high-density cholesterol, HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein (LDL, also known as low-density cholesterol, LDL-C) and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL, also known as very low-density cholesterol, VLD-C).

4. Phospholipids (PL), mainly phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phospholipids.

5. Determination of non-lipidated fatty acids (also known as free fatty acids, FFA).

6. Determination of trace amounts of steroid hormones and fat-soluble vitamins.

7. Apolipoprotein determination.

The main blood lipid test items are those introduced above, so when you go to the hospital in the future, you will be able to see whether your blood lipids are normal. People with high blood lipids are prone to diseases, so they must insist on exercising and have a balanced diet in their daily life to stay healthy.