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Your lab report has several numbers. Only a few really matter for your arteries. Let's put yours under the lights.
Room 2 · The Particle Room
What do my numbers actually mean?
About 3 minutes
Guess first
Two people both have an LDL-C of 130. Can one of them have far more cholesterol particles than the other?
Under the lights
The sample visitor's artery
LDL-C 168: the cargo
LDL-C measures how much cholesterol the particles carry, drawn here as their yellow centers.
- LDL particle
- Yellow core: cholesterol cargo (LDL-C)
- Cream tag: apoB, one per particle
- Lp(a)
- Triglyceride-rich
- HDL
The sample visitor's numbers
Tap a number to light it up in the arteryShowing the sample visitor's numbers. Get a ticket to see your own here. An illustration drawn from these numbers. Real arteries vary.
Make your guess to turn on the lights