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skizi - 26 May 2006 22:09 GMT

I've sent other questions about my husbands health. I was wondering/.hoping
that someone could look at these lab results and comment. The doctor said
that except for his cholesterol they look fine. However I thought that
there was some other ratio we are supposed to check that is to be less than
3? They diagnosed him with diabetes last August because he had a fasting
blood sugar of 140. He is 5'10" and 300 pounds. He is 41 years old. It is
amazing to me that his blood pressure is so good. They just changed his
meds from Actose to Metforim. We are way out in the country and I am not
convinced that the medical treatment is the best here. Here is his blood
work

diabetes test info
Chol 212
b-c ratio 22.5
tri 61
hdl 47
ldl 153

:a1c 6.1 to 5.3 normal 4.3-5.7

bp 120 -78

Although he does not have a lot of motivation to take care of himself, he
did ask me to post this because he also has doubts about the doctors here.

Thanks
Shari

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Susan - 26 May 2006 22:15 GMT

> I've sent other questions about my husbands health. I was wondering/.hoping
> that someone could look at these lab results and comment. The doctor said
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> bp 120 -78

WOW, what were his lipids before his A1c moved down so nicely?

His TGLs are considered more highly predictive of CVD than TC and/or LDL
by many, and his are very low. His TGL/HDL ratio is excellent,
suggestive of low CVD risk, and indicate that his LDL is not likely the
VLDL that oxidizes and causes damage. Large, fluffy LDL is safe.

His BP looks good, too.

The total cholesterol is uninformative here, it's ratios that better
predict risk. Also, if he's recently undertaken changes, this may just
be one step along the way to greater improvement.

Susan

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joni - 27 May 2006 21:43 GMT

> I've sent other questions about my husbands health. I was wondering/.hoping
> that someone could look at these lab results and comment.

You know you are sitting in front of a computer and can easily google
for 'lab test results' info? Here's a few to get you started:

http://www.healthcastle.com/cholesterol-numbers.shtml
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/wyntk.htm

http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/glucose/test.html
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faq/healthy.htm

His doctor may not think much ado about his lab tests (but Drs treat
sysmtoms, not prevent illnesses), but in reality your husband should
take control of his health now before he has none left.

joanne

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