{"id":32924,"date":"2023-04-02T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32924"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:37:25","slug":"hdl-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/hdl-cholesterol\/","title":{"rendered":"HDL &#8211; cholesterol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>About the test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HDL cholesterol removes LDL from the vascular walls and transports it to the liver. It is then excreted by bile.<\/p>\n<p>HDL cholesterol is therefore useful in the human body and people with high HDL\u00a0 are reported to have a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. This is why it is also known as \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12 hour fasting prior to testing. Water is permitted.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol consumption is forbidden 24 hours prior to testing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alcoholism<\/li>\n<li>Chronic liver disease<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (corticosteroids, insulin, phenytoin, estrogens, alpha-blockers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metabolic syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Obesity<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes mellitus<\/li>\n<li>Smoking<\/li>\n<li>Stress<\/li>\n<li>Hypertriglyceridemia<\/li>\n<li>Renal failure<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (anabolic steroids, contraceptives, methyldopa, thiazide diuretics)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beneficiary increases of HDL can be achieved by maintaining a normal body mass index, by wise use of alcohol, by following a healthy diet as well as by exercise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HDL cholesterol removes LDL from the vascular walls and transports it to the liver. It is then excreted by bile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33490,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924\/revisions\/33490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}