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Old Sat, Jan-31-15, 20:31
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 296/220/205 Male 71 inches
BF:25%?
Progress: 84%
Location: Upstate SC
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Originally Posted by Nancy LC
Here's another article on the failure of the calculated LDL test on low carbers:

When Friedewald Attacks And the cool part is it offers an alternative calculation when your triglycerides are below 100.


Here are my numbers from a recent test:

Cholesterol, Total 263
Triglycerides 84
HDL Cholesterol 47
VLDL Cholesterol Cal 17
LDL Cholesterol Calc 199
T Chol/HDL Ratio 5.6

Using the bad formula, LDL = TC - HDL - (TG/5), I get 263 -47 -84/5 = 199 . Using the good formula, LDL = TC/1.19 + TG/1.9 - HDL/1.1 - 38, I get 263/1.19 + 84/1.9 - 47/1.1 -38 = 184.
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