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Advice on recent cholesterol blood test results

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I have a follow up telephone appointment next week to discuss recent blood test results as requested by GP due to abnormal lipid (triglycerides ) and ferritin levels which have been elevated on a few occasions prior too. Just wondered if any one can interpret them and advise what I might expect in advance, such as medication and possibility of being offered a statin ?

Apart from hypothyroidism of which I am on levothyroxine, menopausal , slightly high blood pressure (on ramipril) I am in my opinion fairly healthy , adopt a good diet , do not drink or smoke, lost some weight ( just over 1 stone ) and active for my age (56)

Thanks for reading.

Serum cholesterol 5.0 mmol/L

Serum HDL 1.27 mmol/L

Serum non HDL 3.7 mmol/L

Serum cholesterol /HDL ratio 3.9 mmol/L

Serum triglycerides 3.3 mmol/L ( 0.5 - 2.3) above high reference limit

Serum LDL cholesterol 2.5 mmol/L

Ferritin 234 ug/L (13.0 - 150.0) above high reference limit

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