[not verified in body] A lipid profile report typically includes:[1] LDL is not usually actually measured, but calculated from the other three using the Friedewald equation.
[citation needed] For healthy adults with no cardiovascular risk factors, the ATP III guidelines recommend screening once every five years.
[2] A lipid profile may also be ordered at regular intervals to evaluate the success of lipid-lowering drugs such as statins.
However, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recommend that children aged 9–11 be screened once for severe cholesterol abnormalities.
However, studies have questioned the utility of fasting before lipid panels, and some diagnostic labs routinely accept non-fasting samples.
[16] This test is used to identify dyslipidemia (various disturbances of cholesterol and triglyceride levels), many forms of which are recognized risk factors for cardiovascular disease and rarely pancreatitis.
[citation needed] A study by King's College London identified a novel blood test using lipid profiling to predict diabetes risk in children.