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Old Tue, Jan-03-17, 18:03
SabreCat50 SabreCat50 is offline
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Plan: modified Atkins
Stats: 220/188/170 Male 6 ft 1 in
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Progress: 64%
Location: Oakland, Florida, USA
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We got our scores...

First the good news: My wife had a score of zero!!!

Now the not so good news: My score is 116. Surprisingly or not, my wife had and has had significantly hight LDL and total cholesterol readings.

The report reads "This gives an overall total coronary calcium score of 116, which represents a moderately high risk for cardiovascular events in the next 5 years."

The recommendation is, of course, to take aspirin - which I do anyway - and statins. I won't do that yet. Next up: blood test. Ah well.


The report also said that I was "... in the 55th percentile ...".

Does anyone know what this means? Do 55% of people matching my age, gender, etc. have more calcium than I do or less? A greater chance of a cardiac event or less?

Thanks
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