Blood Test Result

Today I received a call from the hospital around 7.20 am and just to informed me that they already have a fax result on my blood test. Hugh it make me so uncomfortable because normally receiving called at that time just only for an emergency called like death acknowledgement etc. Actually the hospital owed me the blood test result since I made the blood test on 22 November 2006. So may be they want to show their guilty then called me firstly in the morning.

In summary, the result were ok but need to improve my lipid level. I was in the borderline Total Cholesterol and high Triglycerides. My HDL (good cholesterol) looks good and my LDL (bad cholesterol)is slightly higher than the ideal level. My glucose is within the ideal range.

Below are the complete result.

Lipid
Total cholesterol 5.6 mmol/L (borderline) last time 5.5
HDL 1.23 mmol/L (normal) last time 1.18
LDL 3.18 mmol/L( (above optimal) last time was not calculate becoz high of Triglycerides
Triglycerides 2.60 mmol/L (still high) last time 5.09
Ratio Cholesterol/HDL 4.6 (normal) last time 4.66

Glucose 4.8 mmol/L last time 7.1 mmol/L(ideal range 3.9-7.7)


I got below information from the internet.

However, it is believed that the triglycerides/HDL ratio is one of the most potent predictors of heart disease as HDL is closely related to triglycerides. A Harvard-lead study author reported:

"High triglycerides alone increased the risk of heart attack nearly three-fold. And people with the highest ratio of triglycerides to HDL -- the "good" cholesterol -- had 16 times the risk of heart attack as those with the lowest ratio of triglycerides to HDL in the study of 340 heart attack patients and 340 of their healthy, same age counterparts.

The ratio of triglycerides to HDL was the strongest predictor of a heart attack, even more accurate than the LDL/HDL ratio (Circulation 1997;96:2520-2525)."

The result : Triglycerides/HDL = 2.6/1.23 = 2.11 (mine should be ok)
Under < 2
Example:
110 TRG:60 HDL = < 2
The lower the number (TRG:HDL ratio), the better - the lower your risk of heart attack.

Also you could check by using the HDL/TC Ratio:
HDL divided by Total Cholesterol (TC)

The result : 1.23/5.6 = 0.22 (mine was low level ideal should be 0.30 and above)
Above > 0.24
Example: 80 HD:190 TC = 0.42
The higher the number (HDL:TC ratio), the better - the lower your risk of heart attack.

So, what I need to do starting from today is to control my diet/menu and more physical exercises. Then I will do another blood test in one or two months time to know either my diet/menu and exercise help me in order to reduce my high Triglycerides which can cause heart attack.