Home Biomarkers Total Cholesterol
Lipid PanelTotal Cholesterol (CHOL)
Sum of LDL, HDL, and VLDL cholesterol. A starting point for cardiovascular risk — never interpreted alone.
What it measures
Sum of LDL, HDL, and VLDL cholesterol. A starting point for cardiovascular risk — never interpreted alone.
What a high value can mean
Familial hypercholesterolemia, diet high in saturated fat, hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome.
What a low value can mean
Malabsorption, hyperthyroidism, liver disease, malnutrition.
Conditions it helps assess
- Cardiovascular risk
- Lipid metabolism
How our AI interprets it
Our AI blood test analyzer applies the 2024 ESC/AHA risk calculators rather than relying on total cholesterol alone.
Reading these numbers in context
Reference ranges describe the central 95 % of a healthy reference population — 5 % of perfectly healthy people fall outside any given range by definition. A single mildly abnormal value is rarely meaningful on its own. blood-test.life always interprets values together with related biomarkers before flagging.