The test for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is used as part of a lipid profile to screen for unhealthy levels of lipids and to determine an individual's risk of developing heart disease and to help make decisions about what treatment to use if there is borderline or high risk.
statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic. statistical method. method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
Statistical Analysis. Manipulation, interpretation and presentation of quantitative data. Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, examination, summarization, manipulation, interpretation and presentation of quantitative data. It deals with all aspects of data including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.