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[Fibimaxmima]

I live in Spain and my total cholesterol is 248. HDL is 71.2 VLDL is 32 LDL is 145 Trigliceridos 158. What does this mean in UK terms please?

[sandybrown]

Like many thinks the world has different units of measurements. In UK the unit of measurements for cholesterol is different and there is a conversation calculator on the Internet to convertor UK numbers from the measurement given.

Do you understand UK cholesterol numbers?

In UK VLFDL is not measured or calculated!

An example ( total cholesterol , 242 mg/dl = 6.25812 mmol/l)

[Fibimaxmima in reply to sandybrown]

Thank you for the help. It makes it clearer.

[kasibarndoor]

here is a inverter link onlineconversion.com/choles...

[kasibarndoor in reply to kasibarndoor]

conversion link onlineconversion.com/choles...

[Fibimaxmima in reply to kasibarndoor]

Thank you for that.

[kasibarndoor in reply to Fibimaxmima]

This is also worth a read healthinsightuk.org/2015/07... remember that limits over the years have been lowered so what was normal 10 or 20 years ago is "high" now

[sandybrown]

Below is from Internet check and calculation. I do not look at these numbers as these numbers has been coming down over the years.

Your Total Cholesterol of 248 is HIGH RISK

Your LDL of 145 is BORDERLINE

Your HDL of 72 is OPTIMAL

Your Triglyceride level of 155 is BORDERLINE

What ever the units, look at the ratio:

RATIOS:

Your Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio is: 3.44 - (preferably under 5.0, ideally under 3.5) IDEAL

Your HDL/LDL ratio is: 0.497 - (preferably over 0.3, ideally over 0.4) IDEAL

Your triglycerides/HDL ratio is: 2.153 - (preferably under 4, ideally under 2) NORMAL

[Fibimaxmima in reply to sandybrown]

You have been very helpful. I can understand it much better now. Thank you.