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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 999513" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>It is a formula used by labs to calculate the total cholesterol.</p><p>HDL + LDL + VLDL = Total</p><p></p><p>The VLDL is calculated by dividing the trigs by 5 (or 20% of the trigs) Apparently it doesn't work properly if the trigs are very high.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/question/46198/47010/" target="_blank">http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/question/46198/47010/</a> and lots of other sites.</p><p></p><p>I also discovered that the recommended maximum for trigs is higher if you don't fast. These are figures considered healthy for most people, in other words, not specifically for diabetics.</p><p><a href="http://heartuk.org.uk/health-and-high-cholesterol/cholesterol-tests---know-your-number" target="_blank">http://heartuk.org.uk/health-and-high-cholesterol/cholesterol-tests---know-your-number</a> </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a fasting triglyceride should be 2mmol/L or less</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a non fasting triglyceride should be less than 4mmol/L</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 999513, member: 94045"] It is a formula used by labs to calculate the total cholesterol. HDL + LDL + VLDL = Total The VLDL is calculated by dividing the trigs by 5 (or 20% of the trigs) Apparently it doesn't work properly if the trigs are very high. [URL]http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/question/46198/47010/[/URL] and lots of other sites. I also discovered that the recommended maximum for trigs is higher if you don't fast. These are figures considered healthy for most people, in other words, not specifically for diabetics. [URL]http://heartuk.org.uk/health-and-high-cholesterol/cholesterol-tests---know-your-number[/URL] [LIST][*]a fasting triglyceride should be 2mmol/L or less[/LIST] [LIST][*]a non fasting triglyceride should be less than 4mmol/L[/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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