It *is* all very confusing - to wit, my own LDL should technically be slightly lower, but my HDL has risen in the last 6 mths to 2.1 which gives me a ratio of 3 to total chol, which is apparently okay despite the total chol supposed to be below 4 (it's 6.4). What's a girl to do??
I think some new research, especially gender based, might be useful. There was an article in one of the weekend papers on the lack of gender-based research on all medicines and how women are usually the victims of this sloppy research. I was pleased to see in this article a mention of gender.
DG
