Friday, April 13, 2012 Tmay53 asks

Q: My total cholesterol is 222. HDL is 72. LDL is 139. Triglycerides are 53. HDL/LDL ratio is 3.1. What is my risk factor? My doctor recommended Lipitor. Thanks.

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David1951

4/14/12 4:02pm

your doctor is following common practice that comes out of bad science.

I would urge you to read the following:

http://www.spacedoc.com/obesity_cholesterol_death_rates?utm_source=February+7%2C+2012&utm_campaign=Obesity%2C+cholesterol%2C+death+rates&utm_medium=email

the numbers used for total cholesterol in the graphs are in european units and need to be multiplied by 39 to get the US equivilant...

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