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Originally Posted by carolathequeen  I strive for 100 ldl and over 60 for hdl.
162 ldl much too high. |
The UK guideline LDL figure for people with heart conditions equates to 100mg/dl, otherwise the general guideline figure is 3mmol/L (116mg/dl).
If you strive for 60mg/dl HDL then great, as all Cholesterol ratios are equated using the High Density Lipoprotein.
High HDL tends to indicate large buoyant particles (HDL2b) which flush (mop up) small and large dense particle LDL quite easily thereby presenting a very low risk of arterial plaque build-up.
During recent years it has been found that large buoyant LDL particles (pattern A) pose little or no risk to the formation of arterial plaque and could even be beneficial for the vascular system, whether the LDL level is high or low.
However, when one has small dense particle LDL, high Trigs and low HDL, the formation of plaque is fairly rapid (~9% growth year on year) when accompanied with for example, Hypertension.
The three ratios evaluated prior to prescribing a patient a statin in importance order are:... Trigs/HDL, LDL/HDL and then TC/HDL. However many GP's still only refer to the TC/HDL ratio which is the least accurate prediction of heart disease development within a ten year period.
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