I hear that ldl p is the preferred test for cholesterol. what your position on this?

Don't treat numbers: Over decades in medicine, i've watched new markers for cardiac risk come and go. The difficulty with evaluating each new marker is that we are only looking at correlations with mortality / illness in a complex system that's largely still not understood, with often-inaccurate self-accounts from patients. Use your wishes and i'd suggest the classic labs to make decisions (lifestyle, statins).

I Agree: Cardiovascular (cvd) risk is related to the number of LDL particles (ldl-p) and the number of HDL particles (hdl-p). Because cholesterol in LDL and HDL particles is highly variable LDL cholesterol (ldl-c) levels often underestimate ldl-p levels. When ldl-c and ldl-p disagree cvd risk tracks with ldl-p, not ldl-c.