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Lipid Panel

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Mint Green Top (Lithium Heparin Gel)

Specimen Requirements

Preferred:
Container/Tube: Mint Green Top (Lithium Heparin Gel)
Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL 
Collection Instructions: Patient must be fasting 8-12 hours.  Centrifuge within 2 hours
Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: Gold Top (SST-Gel)

Specimen Stability

Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerate: 48 hours
Frozen: aliquot for longer storage

Reference Range

Analyte

Age

Optimal

Near Optimal

Borderline High

High

Very High

Cholesterol

0-17 Years

0-169 mg/dL

 

170-199 mg/dL

>200 mg/dL

  

>18 Years

0 – 199 mg/dL

 

200-239 mg/dL

>239 mg/dL

HDL Cholesterol

0-17 Years

≥ 60 mg/dL

 

  

<40 mg/dL

  

>18 Years

40-60 mg/dl

 

 

40-60 mg/dL

LDL Cholesterol(calc)

0-17 Years

0-109 mg/dL

 

110-129 mg/dL

>130 mg/dL

  

>18 Years

0-99 mg/dL

100-129 mg/dL

130-159 mg/dL

160-189 mg/dL

>190 mg/dL

Triglyceride

0-17 Years

0-89 mg/dL

 

90-129 mg/dL

>129 mg/dL

 

>18 Years

0 – 149 mg/dL

 

150-199 mg/dL

200 – 499 mg/dL

>499 mg/dL

 

Methodology

See individual tests for Methodology

CPT

80061

Panel Includes

Cholesterol                            

 Triglycerides                              
HDL LDL