Cardiovascular
16 markers in this category
ApoA1 (Apolipoprotein A1)
ApoA1 reflects your HDL's protective capacity against heart disease. Cardiovascular risk increases after menopause, making this marker especially relevant for women.
ApoB (Apolipoprotein B)
ApoB provides a precise measure of cardiovascular risk that goes beyond standard cholesterol. Heart disease risk increases after menopause, making ApoB an important marker for women.
CK-MB
CK-MB is a heart-specific enzyme marker that helps detect cardiac injury. Awareness of cardiac health markers supports comprehensive well-being for women.
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio
The cholesterol/HDL ratio is your total cholesterol divided by your HDL. A lower ratio points to a more favourable profile and a lower cardiovascular risk. Learn what your value can mean.
HDL Cholesterol
HDL cholesterol is called the good cholesterol, but the value reads differently in women than in men. The lower limit sits at 1.2 mmol/l, against 1.0 mmol/l for men, because oestrogen naturally lifts your HDL. The same result can therefore be too low in you and normal in your partner. Because HDL moves with oestrogen, the value is also sensitive to your life stage and to hormone use. The contraceptive pill raises it, pregnancy raises it substantially, and during the menopausal transition it is mainly the quality of your HDL particles that changes rather than the number itself. This page shows how to read your HDL value as a woman, and when a low value genuinely matters.
LDL Cholesterol
Your LDL cholesterol is the amount of cholesterol carried in LDL particles, the ones that can lodge in the artery wall. In women that number moves with the hormonal life stage, which is the main reason a single result without context says very little. Around the final menstrual period, LDL and apolipoprotein B rise measurably, independently of ageing. During pregnancy the value rises so far, and so normally, that a lipid panel cannot be interpreted at all. And an unexpectedly low LDL in women points more often to an overactive thyroid than to anything wrong with the cholesterol itself. This page explains what your value means at each life stage.
LDL/HDL Ratio
The LDL/HDL ratio is your LDL cholesterol divided by your HDL cholesterol, and anything under 3.0 counts as acceptable. For women that threshold is far softer than it looks. Oestrogen keeps HDL naturally higher, which makes the denominator larger, so the result stays low even when your LDL is already high. Around menopause the picture reverses: LDL climbs while HDL slips, so numerator and denominator move against you at the same moment and the ratio rises faster than either value on its own. Never read this number apart from your LDL, and do not compare it with a man's.
Lipoprotein(a)
Lp(a), in full lipoprotein(a) and often written simply as lp(a), is an LDL-like particle with an extra protein bolted onto it. How much you carry is inherited: over 90 percent of the level is written into your DNA. A diet, exercise or ten kilos less barely shift it. That makes Lp(a) an odd one out on a women's panel: not a hormone value, and no cycle day on which to draw it. That is what makes the test so useful for women. Cardiovascular disease is recognised later and investigated less often in women. A raised Lp(a) is frequently the missing explanation when the cholesterol panel looks tidy while early heart attacks run in the family. You measure it once, and then you know.
NT-proBNP
NT-proBNP measures cardiac stress and helps detect heart failure. Heart disease is a leading concern for women, making cardiac screening an important part of health monitoring.
Non-HDL Cholesterol
Non-HDL cholesterol is your total cholesterol minus your HDL, and that single figure holds the cholesterol from every particle able to settle in an artery wall. What non-HDL cholesterol means for you depends on your life stage. Before menopause your value sits on average more favourably than that of a man the same age, because oestrogen keeps your HDL high. When oestrogen production falls away, the whole lipid profile shifts with it: non-HDL, LDL and ApoB climb together, even when nothing in your daily life has changed. That is physiology, not a lapse in discipline. The 3.3 mmol/l on your report is a population upper limit and not a goal; what counts as a normal non-HDL cholesterol level for you depends on your risk profile.
Omega 3 + 6
The omega-3/omega-6 ratio affects inflammation levels, which can influence hormonal balance, menstrual comfort, and cardiovascular health for women.
Omega-3 Index
The Omega-3 Index reflects your long-term omega-3 status, which may support cardiovascular protection, mood balance, and healthy pregnancy outcomes.
Oxidized LDL
oxLDL measures the most harmful form of cholesterol. Monitoring supports advanced cardiovascular protection for women, especially after menopause.
Total Cholesterol
Total cholesterol provides an overview of your lipid health. Women's cholesterol levels often change with menopause, making regular screening important.
Triglycerides
Triglycerides can be influenced by hormonal factors and may change during menopause. Monitoring supports metabolic and cardiovascular health awareness for women.
Troponin T (Cardiac)
Troponin T is the most sensitive marker for heart muscle damage. Heart disease is a leading health concern for women, making cardiac marker awareness important.