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)
If you use a table or figure, be sure to refer to it in the text at the relevant point. Inferential statistics are the statistical tests that you performed (e.g., ANOVA, t-test). In reporting your statistical results, you should report the statistic (t, F, etc.) and the degrees of freedom.