1st order laboratory parameters – obligatory laboratory tests.
- Triglycerides
- Total cholesterol and LDL/HDL ratio
- LDL cholesterol
- HDL cholesterol
- Fasting glucose (fasting blood glucose), if necessary oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT).
- Renal parameters – urea, creatinine, if necessary cystatin C or creatinine clearance.
- Uric acid
Laboratory parameters 2nd order – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, etc. – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Pancreatic parameters – amylase, elastase (in serum and stool), lipase.
- Liver parameters – alanine aminotransferase (ALT, GPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, GOT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT, GGT).
- Cholesterol electrophoresis
- Apolipoprotein E
- Apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) – risk assessment for the development of atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries).
- Apolipoprotein B (APOB) – risk assessment for the development of atherosclerosis APO B decreased in:
- Lipoprotein deficiency, hyperlipoproteinemia type I.
APO B elevated in:
- Hyperlipoproteinemias type II, III, V, pAVK, myocardial infarction.
- Lipoprotein (a)
- Homocysteine (independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease).
- DNA analyses in suspected genetic causes such as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or familial hypertriglyceridemia.
- Family screening in familial hypercholesterolemia.
- Blood lipids of parents and first-degree relatives should be screened
