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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1999306" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>It looks like they only tested for the HDL (good cholesterol). Before a decision should be made on statins you need the full breakdown which will include triglycerides (the baddies) and the LDL (sometimes bad, sometimes good depending on the particle size, which is never measured in the UK).</p><p></p><p>However, doctors are advised to take account of the cholesterol/HDL ratio, and yours is within the normal range. Your HDL is also good. The most important ratio is the triglyceride/HDL ratio, and you can't calculate this without a triglyceride figure.</p><p>Both you and your doctor have insufficient information to make a decision, although I was told on my diagnosis that "we put all diabetics on statins" and I was prescribed them despite my cholesterol and breakdown bits all being within normal range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1999306, member: 94045"] It looks like they only tested for the HDL (good cholesterol). Before a decision should be made on statins you need the full breakdown which will include triglycerides (the baddies) and the LDL (sometimes bad, sometimes good depending on the particle size, which is never measured in the UK). However, doctors are advised to take account of the cholesterol/HDL ratio, and yours is within the normal range. Your HDL is also good. The most important ratio is the triglyceride/HDL ratio, and you can't calculate this without a triglyceride figure. Both you and your doctor have insufficient information to make a decision, although I was told on my diagnosis that "we put all diabetics on statins" and I was prescribed them despite my cholesterol and breakdown bits all being within normal range. [/QUOTE]
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