Got my cholesterol results today. Planecrazy, i hope you don't mind me ressurecting and adding to this thread. I thought the links, info and comments in here pertained.
I had asked my doctor if I could have the test that evaluates LDL particle size, rather than the standard calculated LDL, and he ordered it.
I'm not sure how to interpret the results though, and he's no help... he had his nurse call me and say my LDL was too high, would i reconsider going back on a statin... maybe try another one like Zocor? That's all I'm going to get from him. Probably all he knows.
Anyway:
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Test Result Normal
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Directly Measured Lipid
Total LDL-C Direct 183 <130
Total HDL-C Direct 72 >=40
Total VLDL-C Direct 24 < 30
Sum Total Cholesterol 279 <200
Triglycerides Direct 117 <150
Total NON-HDL-C(LDL+VLDL) 207 <160
Total APOB100 Calc 131 <109
LP(a) Cholesterol 8.0 < 10
IDL-C 20 < 20
Real-LDL-C 155 <100
Sum Total LDL-C 183 <130
Real-LDL Size Pattern A A
Remnant Lipo (IDL+VLDL3) 35 < 30
Sub Class Information:
HDL-2 (Large Bouyant) 20 >15
HDL-3 (Small Dense) 52 >25
VLDL-3 (Remnant Lipo) 15 <10
I'm gathering that my LDL is pattern A, so of no concern. If there's more information there about pattern size, I don't know how to interpret it. I looked at the site planecrazy linked to above for interpreting, and it talks about LDL-P (rather than LDL-C) and has numbers in a far different range than my test.
I've calculated my ratio to be 3.87, which is not quite as good as last time, (august) it was 3.5. Also in August, my triglycerides were 106 and my HDL 71. But Mikes post above could have the explanation for that:
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If you're losing weight I believe its normal for triglycerides to go up since you are burning some body fat (tryglyceride).
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The only thing I've done different in the last 3 months (since my august test) compared to the 6 months before, is add IF about 5 days a week. I'd like to believe that triglycerides has elevated slightly because IF has me burning fat at a faster rate, but that may be looking through too rosy a glasses?
After reading Kendrick and Taubes, I've also come to the conclusion that there's no truth to the cholesterol-heart disease hypothesis, but I'm still interested in what these results are telling me.
Can anyone with understanding of the LDL particle size stuff comment on my results? Thanks!