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<blockquote data-quote="DiabeticGeek" data-source="post: 19259" data-attributes="member: 7961"><p>This is what is called your "lipid profile", and these look like very good figures to me! What they mean is the following:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">CHOL - Total cholesterol</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HDL - High Density Lipoprotein ("good cholesterol"), should be > 1.55 mmol/l.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">LDL - Low Density Lipoprotein ("bad cholesterol"), should be < 3.3 mmol/l and ideally < 2.6.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TRIG - Triglycerides should be < 1.69 mmol/l.</li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 10px">NB these target figures are taken from those published by the American Heart Association. </span></p><p></p><p>Your total cholesterol (6.2 mmol/l) is high, but that on its own isn't a problem (it is, in fact, a pretty meaningless figure). Your HDL is 1.78 mmol/l, which is good. The ratio of HDL to total cholesterol (6.2 ÷ 1.78) is 3.48, and so long as it is under about 4.9 that is OK. Your LDL cholesterol is 1.8 mmol/l, and so is really good. The most important of these figures are the triglycerides which, at 1.3 mmol/l are in the normal range. You <em>really</em> want to worry if this figure is ever over 5.65 mmol/l. </p><p></p><p>If these figures are from before you started taking the statins then, that seriously begs the question of why you are taking them! The cholesterol level is high, but all of the meaningful parts of your lipid profile are great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiabeticGeek, post: 19259, member: 7961"] This is what is called your "lipid profile", and these look like very good figures to me! What they mean is the following: [list][*]CHOL - Total cholesterol [*]HDL - High Density Lipoprotein ("good cholesterol"), should be > 1.55 mmol/l. [*]LDL - Low Density Lipoprotein ("bad cholesterol"), should be < 3.3 mmol/l and ideally < 2.6. [*]TRIG - Triglycerides should be < 1.69 mmol/l.[/list] [size=2]NB these target figures are taken from those published by the American Heart Association. [/size] Your total cholesterol (6.2 mmol/l) is high, but that on its own isn't a problem (it is, in fact, a pretty meaningless figure). Your HDL is 1.78 mmol/l, which is good. The ratio of HDL to total cholesterol (6.2 ÷ 1.78) is 3.48, and so long as it is under about 4.9 that is OK. Your LDL cholesterol is 1.8 mmol/l, and so is really good. The most important of these figures are the triglycerides which, at 1.3 mmol/l are in the normal range. You [i]really[/i] want to worry if this figure is ever over 5.65 mmol/l. If these figures are from before you started taking the statins then, that seriously begs the question of why you are taking them! The cholesterol level is high, but all of the meaningful parts of your lipid profile are great. [/QUOTE]
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