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Type 2 Understanding cholesterol levels.

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carol43

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Went for my for my 3 month blood test today and asked for a print out of my test in February. I'm having trouble understanding the cholesterol figures. Can anyone help?

Serum lipid levels (XE2q7)
Serum cholesterol level (XE2eD) - 4.5 mmol/L
Serum triglyceride levels (XE2q9 - 2.2 mmol/L {04 - 1.5}
Serum HDL cholesterol levels (44P5) - 1.8 mmol/L
Serum LDL cholesterol level (44P6) - 1.7 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio (44P6) - 2.5 mmol/mmol
Serum non high density lipoprotein
cholesterol level (XabE1) - 2.7 mmol/L
GFR calculated abbreviated MDRD
(XaK8y) - 90mL/min?1.73m*2 15-200}
Serum total protein level (XE2e9) - 73 g/L {60-80}
AST serum level (X771i) - 21 iu/L {0-30}

So what is my HDL(good) and LDL (bad) and the overall figure.

Thanks
Carol
 
Your HDL is 1.8
your LDL is 1.7
your total is 4.5, (which is HDL + LDL + other bits and bobs, all calculated according to a formula).

If you want to go into more detail:

Your total cholesterol (4.5) divided by your HDL (1.8) gives the cholesterol/HDL ratio of 2.5.
(Some authorities turn this sum upside down and look at HDL divided by total cholesterol. Yours would be 0.4. Greater than 0.24 is "good", which yours is.)

Triglycerides (yours are 2.2) divided by HDL (yours is 1.8) is supposed to be a useful figure. Quick use of a calculator shows yours to be 1.22. Less than 2 is described as "good", which yours is.

Sally
 
Oh no be careful the ratios you are quoting are for mg/dl


If lipid values are expressed as mmol/L (like in Canada and Europe);
TG/HDL-C ratio less than 0.87 is ideal
TG/HDL-C ratio above 1.74 is too high
TG/HDL-C ratio above 2.62 is much too high

so your TG/HDL=1.22 is a bit higher than ideal

Here is a useful link
http://www.docsopinion.com/2014/07/17/triglyceride-hdl-ratio/
 
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