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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 999446" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>I found this on calculating cholesterol</p><p></p><p><a href="http://heartuk.org.uk/images/uploads/healthylivingpdfs/HUKcfs_E_Freidewald_Method.pdf" target="_blank">http://heartuk.org.uk/images/uploads/healthylivingpdfs/HUKcfs_E_Freidewald_Method.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>but it doesn't say anything about only using a percentage of Trigs? Do you have a link?</p><p></p><p>edited to add:</p><p></p><p>I found this interesting link - apologies to anyone not interested in how cholesterol levels are calculated but I actually hadn't realised that the LDL is a calculated and not measured amount and that this is done using a formula involving dividing total trigs by 5.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cureality.com/blog/post/2008/09/03/triglycerides-divided-by-five.html" target="_blank">http://www.cureality.com/blog/post/2008/09/03/triglycerides-divided-by-five.html</a></p><p></p><p>Whatever it would seem misleading of the nurse to give the total trigs rather than the amount that goes towards total cholesterol levels as usually given. </p><p>Saying trigs are 7 something sounds frighteningly high but if the number that would be usually given is actually 1.2 then this is pretty close to what the desired trigs should be (by NHS which is I think around 1) and much less concerning even if you believe cholesterol is linked to heart disease.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 999446, member: 195124"] I found this on calculating cholesterol [URL]http://heartuk.org.uk/images/uploads/healthylivingpdfs/HUKcfs_E_Freidewald_Method.pdf[/URL] but it doesn't say anything about only using a percentage of Trigs? Do you have a link? edited to add: I found this interesting link - apologies to anyone not interested in how cholesterol levels are calculated but I actually hadn't realised that the LDL is a calculated and not measured amount and that this is done using a formula involving dividing total trigs by 5. [URL]http://www.cureality.com/blog/post/2008/09/03/triglycerides-divided-by-five.html[/URL] Whatever it would seem misleading of the nurse to give the total trigs rather than the amount that goes towards total cholesterol levels as usually given. Saying trigs are 7 something sounds frighteningly high but if the number that would be usually given is actually 1.2 then this is pretty close to what the desired trigs should be (by NHS which is I think around 1) and much less concerning even if you believe cholesterol is linked to heart disease. [/QUOTE]
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