| I think you guys are missing the point of what I'm asking...
Blood cholesterol level is measured in mg/dL (milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter of blood) Now if you have just drank a bunch of water, then the water goes into your bloodstream, total blood volume goes up while the total amount of cholesterol stays the same, and the cholesterol (along with everything else) gets diluted. Unless the cholesterol reading is somehow normalized, then the reading would be affected by your blood volume at the time of the test. I'm basically wondering if the lab normalizes the cholesterol readings to factor out differences in people's blood volumes. |