Cholesterol

[Deleted member 21371]

I’ve had a suggested recommendation of LDL being ideally 2 or below mentioned to me. Perhaps that was the suggestion from @Brambleberry’s mum’s GP?

Then that seems a perfectly reasonable suggestion by the GP if it was.
It's around where mine sits as well.

 

[Brambleberry]

Again, an interesting statement.
That "2" needs a bit more defining.


Personally, I like to break it down a bit more.
Mine are in line with NHS numbers.
@Marie1986 will be a bit over at 6.2, but well on track to get down by the little bit needed hopefully, but it's worth looking at the breakdown even so.
(I've used statins for quite a few years)

Total cholesterol	5 or below
HDL (good cholesterol)	1 or above
Non-HDL (bad cholesterol)	4 or below
Fasting triglycerides	1.7 or below

I’ve had a suggested recommendation of LDL being ideally 2 or below mentioned to me. Perhaps that was the suggestion from @Brambleberry’s mum’s GP?

More than likely was it is 8 yrs since she passed. And GPs were very bad at generalising an all round figure then and still are sometimes. As I said some people need statins.