BodPod body composition A Bod Pod is a computerized, egg-shaped device that measures your weight and volume to determine your body density and calculate your percentage of body fat.
The Lipid Profile cassette measures total cholesterol (TC), a measure of the total amount of cholesterol in the blood, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (“good cholesterol”) and triglycerides or TRG (fatty acids and glycerol that circulate in the blood and are stored as body fat).
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Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) is a measure of arterial stiffness, or the rate at which pressure waves move down the vessel. As blood flows through the vessels of the circulatory system, it moves out of the left ventricle and into the aorta where it is then pushed through the rest of the circulatory system. During systole, the contraction of the left ventricle and the ejection of blood into the ascending aorta acutely dilates the aortic wall and generates a pressure wave that moves along the arterial tree. The velocity of this movement gives a measurement of arterial compliance. With age, or due to changes in the arterial wall, these vessels become stiffer and the speed at which the pressure wave moves through the system is increased.
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