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<blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 453263" data-attributes="member: 55568"><p>It is confusing yes and it does rather depend on whether it was a fasting or non fasting test. I have just had a non fasting test and have a total cholesterol of 4.6. I will have what is called a full lipid profile which includes trigs, hdl and ldl next week. I think these need to based on a fasting test.</p><p></p><p>According to the site below, your 4.6 is good for a healthy adult. I wouldn't worry if a figure goes up within a range, as long as it is within the range. If you are at risk from coronary heart disease, they like an extra bit of safety but, 2 out of 3 people in the UK are above 5.0 anyway so you are better than most. I was 1.7 for my trigs last March, a big improvement on the 5.2. Normally, the lower the better for this so yours is good.</p><p></p><p>These lipids are most usually monitored with regard to coronary health but trig levels do seem to be correlated with type 2 diabetes. I don't know about type 1. This link might help explain:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cholesterol/Pages/Diagnosis.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cholestero ... nosis.aspx</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorksman, post: 453263, member: 55568"] It is confusing yes and it does rather depend on whether it was a fasting or non fasting test. I have just had a non fasting test and have a total cholesterol of 4.6. I will have what is called a full lipid profile which includes trigs, hdl and ldl next week. I think these need to based on a fasting test. According to the site below, your 4.6 is good for a healthy adult. I wouldn't worry if a figure goes up within a range, as long as it is within the range. If you are at risk from coronary heart disease, they like an extra bit of safety but, 2 out of 3 people in the UK are above 5.0 anyway so you are better than most. I was 1.7 for my trigs last March, a big improvement on the 5.2. Normally, the lower the better for this so yours is good. These lipids are most usually monitored with regard to coronary health but trig levels do seem to be correlated with type 2 diabetes. I don't know about type 1. This link might help explain: [url=http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cholesterol/Pages/Diagnosis.aspx]http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cholestero ... nosis.aspx[/url] [/QUOTE]
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