I've sent other questions about my husbands health. I was wondering/.hoping that someone could look at these lab results and comment. The doctor said that except for his cholesterol they look fine. However I thought that there was some other ratio we are supposed to check that is to be less than 3? They diagnosed him with diabetes last August because he had a fasting blood sugar of 140. He is 5'10" and 300 pounds. He is 41 years old. It is amazing to me that his blood pressure is so good. They just changed his meds from Actose to Metforim. We are way out in the country and I am not convinced that the medical treatment is the best here. Here is his blood work
diabetes test info Chol 212 b-c ratio 22.5 tri 61 hdl 47 ldl 153
:a1c 6.1 to 5.3 normal 4.3-5.7
bp 120 -78
Although he does not have a lot of motivation to take care of himself, he did ask me to post this because he also has doubts about the doctors here.
I've sent other questions about my husbands health. I was wondering/.hoping that someone could look at these lab results and comment. The doctor said that except for his cholesterol they look fine. However I thought that there was some other ratio we are supposed to check that is to be less than 3? They diagnosed him with diabetes last August because he had a fasting blood sugar of 140. He is 5'10" and 300 pounds. He is 41 years old. It is amazing to me that his blood pressure is so good. They just changed his meds from Actose to Metforim. We are way out in the country and I am not convinced that the medical treatment is the best here. Here is his blood work
diabetes test info Chol 212 b-c ratio 22.5 tri 61 hdl 47 ldl 153
:a1c 6.1 to 5.3 normal 4.3-5.7
bp 120 -78
WOW, what were his lipids before his A1c moved down so nicely?
His TGLs are considered more highly predictive of CVD than TC and/or LDL by many, and his are very low. His TGL/HDL ratio is excellent, suggestive of low CVD risk, and indicate that his LDL is not likely the VLDL that oxidizes and causes damage. Large, fluffy LDL is safe.
His BP looks good, too.
The total cholesterol is uninformative here, it's ratios that better predict risk. Also, if he's recently undertaken changes, this may just be one step along the way to greater improvement.
