At Life Line Screening, we help you manage your cholesterol levels with the complete lipid panel, a simple finger-stick screening. This comprehensive screening measures different kinds of lipids in the blood: HDL (“good” cholesterol), LDL (“bad” cholesterol), and triglycerides. Lipid levels are important factors in determining your overall heart health. Get more information about high cholesterol. 
Once you have your results, you can compare them to the guidelines created by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), the organization that sets cholesterol classifications. Its goal is to prevent illness and death from coronary heart disease by reducing high cholesterol. If your cholesterol is anything but optimal, you may want to meet with your physician to discuss ways to improve your cholesterol levels.

Here are the NCEP cholesterol classifications:



According to the NCEP:

• In adults with no symptoms, cholesterol screening should be conducted every 5 years starting at age 20
  
  
• Patients with heart disease or abnormal lipid levels should undergo cholesterol screening every 1 to 2 years
  
  
• Those on medication to lower cholesterol should be screened every 6 weeks until lipid goals are met, and every 4 to 6 months thereafter

In addition, the American Diabetes Association recommends all adults receive a complete lipid panel every year.

You must fast for 8 hours prior to your screening.

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