Lipid Profile

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Elsewhere on the Web
Familydoctor.org: Heart Disease, Assessing Your Risk
American Heart Association: Test Your Cholesterol IQ

Article Sources

NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.

Sources Used in Current Review

(September 2002) National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute. National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines, Cholesterol, ATP III. II.3-b, II.9-c. PDF available for download at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3full.pdf through http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov. Accessed June 2009.

American Heart Association. Guide to primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: Risk intervention, Blood Lipid Management. Available online at http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4704 through http://www.americanheart.org. Accessed June 2009.

(Updated December 19, 2008) American Heart Association. What your Cholesterol Levels Mean. Available online at http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=183#HDL through http://www.americanheart.org. Accessed May 2009.

American Academy of Family Physicians. Cholesterol: What Your Level Means. (Updated October 2007). Available online at http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/heartdisease/risk/029.html through http://familydoctor.org. Accessed September 2008.

(May 12, 2008) Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia. Coronary Risk Profile. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003491.htm. Accessed October 2008.

ARUP Consult. Physicians Guide. Lipid Panel, Extended. Available online at http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0020468.jsp through http://www.aruplab.com. Accessed October 2008.

Clarke, W. and Dufour, D. R., Editors (2006). Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry. AACC Press. Washington, DC. Pp 251-253.

Pagana K, Pagana T. Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests. 3rd Edition, St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier; 2006. Pp 351-356.

Sources Used in Previous Reviews

Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA (2001) 285: 2486-2497.