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1.      You may experience dizziness while collecting your blood sample.  It is recommended to collect the sample while sitting down.

2.      The card that contains the blood sample should only be one person’s blood on it.

3.      During blood sample collection, be careful not to expose others to your blood sample.

4.      The test is not recommended for hemophiliacs, those taking medicines that thin blood (anticoagulants), and those under the age of 20.

5.      Cholesterol levels may change if you have a recent illness, pregnancy, or use of birth control pills.

6.      The use of hydrogen peroxide or alcohol on the finger that will be pricked can interfere with the results of this test.

7.      If you have taken 500 mg or more of vitamin C or a standard dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol), the test should not be done within a four-hour period of ingestion because it could cause a falsely low result.

Information Health Care Professionals Should Know:

Risk Factors FOR CHD
  • Age:  ♂³45 years, ♀³55 years
  • Family History of CHD (1° relative: ♂<55 yo, ♀<65 yo)
  • Current cigarette smoking
  • Hypertension (³140/90 mmHg, or on antihypertensive medication)
  • Low HDL cholesterol (<40 mg/dL)

*Information from NCEP III Guideline; MI = Myocardial Infarction, CHD = Coronary Heart Disease, ♂ = Male, ♀ = Female, 1° = primary

§If HDL ³60 mg/dL, subtract one risk factor (because high HDL-cholesterol levels decrease CHD risk)

Classification of Total Cholesterol and LDL Cholesterol

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

<200

200-239

³240

Desirable

Borderline High**

High**

<100

100-129

 

130-159

160-189

³190

Optimal

Near optimal/above optimal

Borderline High

High

Very High
       

*Information from NCEP III Guideline

**Patients in these groups should consult a physician to consider starting a cholesterol-lowering therapy

 

Classification of Serum Triglycerides and HDL Cholesterol

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

<150

Normal

<40

Low HDL

150-199

Borderline High

200-499

High

³60

High HDL (GOAL)

³500

Very High

*Information from NCEP III Guideline

 

Formula in Calculating LDL Cholesterol

LDL-C = TC – [TG/5 + HDL-C]

 

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