Type 2 Help With Interpreting Cholesterol Results.

I have just had my first annual diabetes review with the nurse. I haven't got my HbA1c result back yet, but I have results for the other blood tests taken. All are within normal levels but the Serum Lipid Levels test result is classed as borderline, and results are as follows:

Serum cholesterol level 5.1 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.1 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.6 [< 5.0]
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level 4.0 mmol/L

According to the record I need to see the nurse. Can anyone help with what these results mean?

Safi said:

Did you fast for 10 - 12 hours before the test & did they give you a triglyceride number?

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I hadn't eaten since the night before and this was around 11.30am so yes fasting 12+ hours, and no triglyceride number.

Safi said:

It's tricky without triglycerides as they give some idea as to whether or not your LDL are the small/not so great particles or the large/benign particles. The fact that your SC/HDL ratio is below 5 appears to be good though. They really should check your trigs

Have you been losing weight lately? That can cause cholesterol to go a bit doolally.

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I have lost around 30 pounds over the last 4 months.