plasma intermediate density lipoprotein cholesterol level +
plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol level +
plasma total cholesterol level
Measurement of the entire amount of cholesterol, a eukaryotic sterol that in higher animals is the precursor of bile acids and steroid hormones and a key constituent of cell membranes, without taking into account any association with other molecules such as lipoproteins, in a specified volume of plasma, the fibrinogen-containing fluid portion of the blood in which the particulate components are suspended.
plasma very low density lipoprotein cholesterol level +