Measurement of the 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, carried in chylomicron molecules in a specified volume of plasma, the fibrinogen-containing fluid portion of the blood in which the particulate components are suspended. Chylomicrons are a class of lipoproteins (approximate density range <0.95 g/ml) that transport exogenous triglycerides and cholesterol from the small intestine to other tissues.
plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol level
plasma intermediate density lipoprotein cholesterol level +
plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol level +
plasma total cholesterol level
plasma very low density lipoprotein cholesterol level +