Triglycerides are usually tested as part of a full lipid panel test. They can be useful to determine whether your LDL is largely harmless or largely harmful. A fasting test is essential for an accurate trigs result. Perhaps next 'bloods' test try to get an early appointment, so any morning food can be taken afterwards.
If your GP is online, register for online access. You can peruse any non-headline results you weren't given.
Is your GP pushing for statins ? Dr Malcolm Kendrick has this to say :
"Statins do not save lives in women.
Statins do not save lives in women.
Statins do not save lives in women.
Is it possible to highlight how important this fact actually is ?.
STATINS DO NOT SAVE LIVES IN WOMEN !"
(From his great The Great Cholesterol Con)
Geoff (born in 1952)
I would only want to know what your HDL figure, in conjunction with your trigs figure, was.
This ratio will give you a very good indication of how 'friendly' your LDL is e.g. trigs 0.5 HDL 1.0 = ratio of 0.5 indicating very friendly LDL.
Stop thinking of LDL cholesterol as 'bad'. High trigs are bad, and indicative of unfriendly LDL. High LDL with low trigs = most probably friendly.
Geoff
My trigs/HDL ratio is 0.5 (0.8 / 1.6). LDL is 3.7 at the moment. A big improvement from 6 months ago, when the ratio of trigs/HDL was 2.4. A big change in what I eat and drink (low carbs) caused the improvements.