lipids report

[Vitamin S]

Lipids
Cholesterol 5.2 2.0 - 5.2 mmol/L
At risk:>6.2 mmol/L

LDL Cholesterol 3.4 1.5 - 3.4 mmol/L
At risk:>3.4 mmol/L
An LDL cholesterol level of less than 2.6 mmol/L
is suggested for patients with established CAD.

HDL Cholesterol 1.1 > 0.9 mmol/L

Chol/HDL (Risk Ratio) 4.7 < 5.0
A ratio of 5.0 in males is associated with
average risk. Increased ratios are associated
with higher risk for CAD.

Triglycerides 1.6 < 2.3 mmol/L



how does this look for being off cycle now ? anything i should change in diet, i would like to have better ldl?

[Praetorian]

The measure if LDL is misleading...the reason being there are more than one kind of LDL

P


LDL subtype patterns
LDL particles vary in size and density, and studies have shown that a pattern that has more small dense LDL particles, called Pattern B, equates to a higher risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) than does a pattern with more of the larger and less dense LDL particles (Pattern A). This is because the smaller particles are more easily able to penetrate the endothelium. Pattern I, for intermediate, indicates that most LDL particles are very close in size to the normal gaps in the endothelium (26 nm).[citation needed] According to one study, sizes 19.0 to 20.5 nm were designated as pattern B and LDL sizes 20.6–22 nm were designated as pattern A.[5]
Some in the medical community have suggested the correspondence between Pattern B and CHD is stronger than the correspondence between the LDL number measured in the standard lipid profile test. Tests to measure these LDL subtype patterns have been more expensive and not widely available, so the common lipid profile test is used more commonly. [6]
There has also been noted a correspondence between higher triglyceride levels and higher levels of smaller, denser LDL particles and alternately lower triglyceride levels and higher levels of the larger, less dense LDL.[7][8]

[Vitamin S]

ok thanks so i should decrease my ldl right?

any tips other than the obvious of diet/cardio etc.

[Praetorian]

That depends which particles are predominant...if B particles then yes work at reducing it...if A particles then no I wouldnt think it necessary.
P

http://diabloclinicalresearch.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/when-it-comes-to-cholesterol-particles-size-and-number-matter/

[TT Eric]

Very interesting, smaller VS bigger particles! I've heard about oxidized LDL being dangerous vs non-oxidized, but not about the size of them. I guess this test is not available via our traditional health system ?

And also is the triglyceride levels is a reliable indicator between those 2 patterns ?

Thanks

Eric

[Praetorian]

I would assume you need to ask for the test and it would be billable.
P

Interesting blog... http://segamartinez.blogspot.ca/2011/04/gary-taubes-complications-of.html