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[sos007]

The way the medical establishment assess risk of CVD or a potential heart attack or stroke is antiquated. They use levels of LDL-C cholesterol as their primary indicator along with a probability ranking based on risk factors like smoking.

There are blood tests that can shed more light on your current cardiovascular health and provide a more complete picture from which to make a more informed assessment.

MPO - Myeloperoxidase levels in your blood can be measured during the normal lipid profile when checking cholesterol levels.

To learn more about this test and to read about a doctors advice on how to minimize your risks read this article:

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[Markl60]

Hi sos

Yes I agree, tests like the Framligham risk assessor are really only relevant to people who live in Framligham. If you plug a French persons readings in it will over estimate their chances by about 3 fold. Just had my MPO done and happily it was super low.

[sos007 Ambassador in reply to Markl60]

I did an MPO test in September and got a 239 reading which is in the low risk category and then last week and it was 221 which is even better. I think it is good to do this test twice a year to monitor progress in potential athero regression.

Out of curiosity what was your number? I'm male aged 54, triple bypass in 2015.

[Markl60 in reply to sos007]

It came in at less than 0.01 IU/ml where greater than 5 is deemed at risk

Your reading may be on a different scale

The interesting thing was that all my ratios are pretty good but my LP-PLA2 score comes in at about 210 which is above the acceptable range. Have you had this test ?

[sandybrown in reply to Markl60]

Different units of measurement?

[sandybrown in reply to sos007]

239 and 221, what is the units of measurement in Canada?

[sos007 Ambassador in reply to sandybrown]

Pmol/l

[sandybrown in reply to sos007]

confusing?

[sos007 Ambassador in reply to sandybrown]

Not at all. In my unit of measurement 221 is low risk.

[sos007 Ambassador]

I just moved to ApoB and ApoA-1 measurements from standard lipid profile last November. LP-PLA2 is uncommon in Canada as a lipid measuring test. For that matter, so are the Apolipoprotein measures. I have found a lab that does do this test and intend to use it in the near future. The ApoB/ApoA-1 ratio is considered by researchers to be the single best treatment marker and CVD risk measure. That said Lp-PLA2 has also been extensively documented as an excellent risk marker.

You should look up my post on 'cholesterol busting super soup'.