LDL cholesterol test

Carries cholesterol to your tissues. If it stays high for years, it builds up in the arteries.

€3.28. You pay at the desk, not online.

LDL cholesterol test: what it is for

LDL cholesterol, often called bad cholesterol, is the cholesterol your blood carries out to your tissues. When it stays high for years, it builds up in the walls of your arteries. It causes no symptoms: only a blood test shows it.

Why it is done

LDL particles carry cholesterol out to your tissues. When there are too many of them for years, they get into the walls of your arteries and form plaques. Over time the plaques can narrow the arteries and raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.

What matters is how high your LDL is and for how many years. That is why finding out early helps: there is more time to bring it down.

How the LDL cholesterol test is done

It is a blood test, done at a Bianalisi lab without a prescription. You can add other tests to the same draw.

Questions about the LDL cholesterol test.

Do I need to fast for an LDL cholesterol test? It is better. If LDL is calculated, fasting makes the calculation more precise, and other tests in the same draw need fasting anyway. You can drink water.

How much does the LDL cholesterol test cost? €3.28, from Bianalisi’s private list for Lombardy. You pay at the desk on the day of the draw, not online.

Do I need a prescription for the LDL cholesterol test? No. You book it here without a prescription and pay at the Bianalisi desk.

When do results arrive? Within 10 working days, in the Rosa app, with each value next to the lab’s interval. The report a doctor approves is in the Rosa membership.