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Originally Posted by Subby
Just got my cholesterol numbers back. Had never gotten it tested before but I am guessing I am lower than a few years ago.
Cholesterol: 193
HDL: 83
LDL: 102
Triglycerides: 42
VLDL: 8
Using this: Cholesterol HDL/LDL/Triglycerides Ratios Calculator
I got this:
Your Total Cholesterol of 193 is DESIRABLE
Your LDL of 102 is NEAR OPTIMAL
Your HDL of 83 is OPTIMAL
Your Triglyceride level of 42 is NORMAL
RATIOS:
Your Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio is: 2.33 - (preferably under 5.0, ideally under 3.5) IDEAL
Your HDL/LDL ratio is: 0.814 - (preferably over 0.3, ideally over 0.4) IDEAL
Your triglycerides/HDL ratio is: 0.482 - (preferably under 4, ideally under 2) IDEAL |
I came back to this thread to check on my old cholesterol readings, as I just received some new ones today.
Your Total Cholesterol of 205 is BORDERLINE
Your LDL of 98 is OPTIMAL
Your HDL of 99 is OPTIMAL
Your Triglyceride level of 42 is NORMAL
RATIOS:
Your Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio is: 2.07 - (preferably under 5.0, ideally under 3.5) IDEAL
Your HDL/LDL ratio is: 1.010 - (preferably over 0.3, ideally over 0.4) IDEAL
Your triglycerides/HDL ratio is: 0.404 - (preferably under 4, ideally under 2) IDEAL
So basically my bad cholesterol has gone down a tic and my good cholesterol has gone up about 20%, pushing my overall cholesterol reading into the WORRY ZONE. I think it will be okay.
Since I last checked in during the spring I've been in the 165 to 175 range. I would like to get down to 160 at some point, mostly for racing purposes. I have been pretty wide open with what I was eating, mostly because my activity level was/is the highest it has ever been (I biked 10,000 miles last year with over 500K feet of climbing). I did decide to give up sweets this year just to see what laying off of them will do for me over like six months. We'll see. Hope folks will check in over the next few weeks to report on their progress!