or more fashionably Total Chol:HDL (the one used by Framingham risk equation
and underpinning the New Zealand and Sheffield tables).
The best thing about the TC:HDL ratio is that the right answer is 5. Above 5
= bad, below 5 = OK. It would have been better if it was 42, but it's not so
there.
So for TC 7.8 : HDL 1.8 , ratio = 4.3,
HDL 1.0, ratio = ,erm, 7.8
Chris
Dr Chris Burton
GP, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire
Member of WestNet, The West of Scotland Primary Care Research Network
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask]
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tim Walter
Sent: 26 July 1998 12:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Oh, you've been a naughty cholesterol!
In article <[log in to unmask]>, Iain L M Hotchkies
<[log in to unmask]> writes
> had a blood test nd my chol was 8.9. This was non-fasting
> so my GP put me on a fat-free diet for three months. My
> chol was checked again and it was 7.8.
>
> I asked if I needed treatment and he said no. He said there
> was good chol and bad chol and that fortunately mine was good.
>
> I've mentioned this to many friends and none of them have
> ever heard of this distinction. I'm not convinced. Can you
> explain it to me?"
Depends on HDL/LDL ratio
--
Tim Walter
Emis User Group
http://www.yingtong.demon.co.uk/emispage/eeugroup.htm
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