Lipids cannot be measured at home, and you need to go to the hospital to have blood drawn from a vein to test for lipids. To measure blood lipids, you need to go to the hospital to have blood drawn from a vein and then put the blood into a biochemistry test machine, which will measure the blood lipid level. Lipids are not a single component, they are a collective term for the lipids in the blood. The seven commonly used clinical lipids include cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, lipoproteins, Apo AI, and Apo B. Patients who need to have their lipids measured are advised to have their blood tested at the hospital. Patients who need to measure blood lipids are advised to go to the hospital for the measurement, and should fast for 12 hours before the measurement, and avoid eating greasy food for a week before the measurement, so as not to affect the measurement value.