Blood lipid levels must be assessed to monitor for risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD. The most critical lipids for risk determination are cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and triglycerides. A series of point-of-care testing devices allow accurate, rapid, and inexpensive determination of triglyceride levels, total cholesterol, HDL-cholestorol, and LDL-cholestorol.
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