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Interpreting My Cholesterol Results

Discussion in 'Ask A Question' started by lucylocket61, Aug 29, 2018.

  1. lucylocket61

    lucylocket61 Type 2 · Expert

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    I had my DN 6 monthly review today, and got the results of my cholesterol test:

    Total: 5.4

    non HDL: 3.9

    serum cholesterol/HDL ratio: 3.6

    LDL: 3.3

    HDL: 1.52

    Trigs: 1.3

    Please can anyone tell me what this all means, and if it is good or not?
     
    #1 lucylocket61, Aug 29, 2018 at 2:52 PM
  2. pollensa

    pollensa · Guest

    Hello, this may be helpful to you
    http://www.onlineconversion.com/cholesterol.htm
     
    #2 pollensa, Aug 29, 2018 at 3:28 PM
  3. lucylocket61

    lucylocket61 Type 2 · Expert

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    lucylocket61 Type 2 · Expert

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    bulkbiker Type 2 · Oracle

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    Yep pretty much all ideal
    Trigs/HDL is 0.855 which is good and so far as I know the one that really matters.. less than 1 is good. Less than 0.87 is great...
     
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    #6 bulkbiker, Aug 29, 2018 at 4:07 PM
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    Bluetit1802 Type 2 (in remission!) · Legend

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    They look very good to me. Well done. @bulkbiker is spot on with the Trigs/HDL ratio being the important one.
     
    #7 Bluetit1802, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:20 PM
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