What Does This Lipid Profile Test Result Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2014

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Wed, 13 Aug 2014 Answered on

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Question : Hi,

I took up proactive check at XXXXXXX labs and below is the result from LIPID Profile test

TOTAL CHOLESTEROL - 124 mg/dl
TRIGLYCERIDES - Fasting Sample - 48.0 mg/dl
HDL CHOLESTEROL (Homogenous enzymatic colorimetric) - 31 mg/dl
LDL CHOLESTEROL (Homogenous enzymatic colorimetric) - 84.2 mg/dl
VLDL CHOLESTEROL 8.8 mg/dl
total HDL RATIO 4.00
LDL : HDL RATIO 2.72

Can you tell me if something is concerning and if some immediate action has to be taken, especially the HDL, seems to be at HIGH RISK.

Answered by Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing urgent or serious

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic

Nothing serious
Nothing urgent
Only some life style changes and follow up…

HDL is good cholesterol – higher, the better.

LDL is bad cholesterol – lower, the better. In the absence of any other risk factor 100 is ideal for LDL-C. In the presence of ischemia, 70 should be the aim.

Your results are practically normal
HDL is a lower / LDL is in range…

     Keep your weight to normal / even a little less
     Quit smoking, if you are a smoker
     Do regular EXERCISE – say walking or jogging - 30 minutes a day / at least 5 days in a week. Isometric exercise (like bull worker) is bad.
     Healthy FOOD is a must. Avoid saturated fats – coconut oil, palm oil, butter, ghee, full cream milk...Avoid junk foods in particular – French fries have palm oil / Pizza has cheese / XXXXXXX sweets are made in ghee.../ Change to Poly-un-saturated oil – like sun flower oil. / Include Mono-un-saturated oil – Olive oil.

Repeat the test in about 2 to 3 months.

Take care
Good luck

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar