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<blockquote data-quote="Kingmob" data-source="post: 1582853" data-attributes="member: 441831"><p>Appreciate this seems like a question without a clear answer but trying to make sense of my cholesterol levels at time of diagnosis in preparation for a visit to nurse later this week. Was given total, ldl and hdl levels at time of diagnosis which I've provided to the calculator here: <a href="http://www.hughcalc.org/chol-si.php" target="_blank">http://www.hughcalc.org/chol-si.php</a> which I've seen a few people recommend. </p><p></p><p>What I'm trying to understand is HDL being shown as high risk. My understanding is that >1.5 is good and <1.0 is risk/bad. </p><p></p><p>Also confused when comparing the calculator output with the desmond "resources for you" booklet which suggests what seems like the opposite for total and LDL values. For total <3 is good between 5 and 8 is risk/bad and for LDL <2 is good and risk starts around 2.75.</p><p></p><p>Not stressing, waiting to find out recent results and trying to properly understand results.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your Total Cholesterol of 5.1 is DESIRABLE</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your LDL of 3.26 is NEAR OPTIMAL</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your HDL of 1.3 is HIGH RISK</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your Triglyceride level of 1.17 is NORMAL</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>RATIOS:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio is: 3.92 - (preferably under 5.0, ideally under 3.5) GOOD</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your HDL/LDL ratio is: 0.399 - (preferably over 0.3, ideally over 0.4) GOOD</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your triglycerides/HDL ratio is: 0.900 - (preferably under 1.74, ideally under 0.87) NORMAL</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kingmob, post: 1582853, member: 441831"] Appreciate this seems like a question without a clear answer but trying to make sense of my cholesterol levels at time of diagnosis in preparation for a visit to nurse later this week. Was given total, ldl and hdl levels at time of diagnosis which I've provided to the calculator here: [URL]http://www.hughcalc.org/chol-si.php[/URL] which I've seen a few people recommend. What I'm trying to understand is HDL being shown as high risk. My understanding is that >1.5 is good and <1.0 is risk/bad. Also confused when comparing the calculator output with the desmond "resources for you" booklet which suggests what seems like the opposite for total and LDL values. For total <3 is good between 5 and 8 is risk/bad and for LDL <2 is good and risk starts around 2.75. Not stressing, waiting to find out recent results and trying to properly understand results. [SIZE=3][B]Your Total Cholesterol of 5.1 is DESIRABLE[/B] [B]Your LDL of 3.26 is NEAR OPTIMAL[/B] [B]Your HDL of 1.3 is HIGH RISK[/B] [B]Your Triglyceride level of 1.17 is NORMAL[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]RATIOS:[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]Your Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio is: 3.92 - (preferably under 5.0, ideally under 3.5) GOOD[/B] [B]Your HDL/LDL ratio is: 0.399 - (preferably over 0.3, ideally over 0.4) GOOD[/B] [B]Your triglycerides/HDL ratio is: 0.900 - (preferably under 1.74, ideally under 0.87) NORMAL[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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