Food
What you eat, above all fats.
Science, app and laboratory: LDL cholesterol
- What we test
- Heart and vessels
- LDL cholesterol
- Science, app and laboratory
07 · How we measure it
In the laboratory.Your sample never leaves Barcelona.
- Where
- Santé Labs, Barcelona. The same day.
- Unit
- mmol/L.
08 · What can influence it
What moves it.Four factors, without doses or recipes.
Physical activity
Moving every day and training.
Genetics
Your family history counts.
Medication
Some medicines change it.
Your clinician reads your value alongside these factors and leaves you a note. Your action plan takes them into account. And you can ask Santé AI anything about your result.
09 · Related
Related markers.They are read together with LDL cholesterol.
BiomarkerWhat it shows
- Non-HDL cholesterolAll the cholesterol that does not travel inside HDL. It is not measured on its own: it is total cholesterol minus HDL.
- Apolipoprotein BCounts the particles that can carry cholesterol into artery walls.
- ApoB/ApoA1 ratioThe balance between ApoB particles and HDL. It sums the balance up in one number and is always read with the rest of your lipids.
- HDL cholesterolCholesterol travelling back towards the liver.
This content is educational and does not replace an assessment by a health professional. It does not diagnose.
