In Africa, especially in Nigeria most people always feel at peace when they check their blood pressure and found it to be normal. But only few try to check the chances or possibilities of them developing cardiovascular diseases. It's very important to know you chances or how close or far you are from developing a cardiovascular disease(s). Lipid profile tests (LPTs) is one test that can help you know your chances of developing cardiovascular diseases. Lipid profile tests are a series of blood tests done to ascertain the concentration or amount of various lipids in the blood. With these tests the blood lipid profile could known from with any abnormality in blood lipids could be identified. With lipid profile tests the chances of one developing any cardiovascular disease can be deduced. Because there are lipids which when high or low in the blood could result to cardiovascular disease, these lipids include: 1. Cholesterol 2. Triglycerides (TG) 3. High-d...
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