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Can Any Online Doctor Help Me To Read My Lipid Profile Results?

Posted on Fri, 27 Dec 2013

Question: I recently tested by Lipid Profile/URIC Accit & H1Bc. Here are the results : Test Name Results Units Ref. Range LIPID PROFILE, BASIC, SERUM (Spectrophotometry, Calculated) Cholesterol Total 172.00 mg/dL <200.00 Triglycerides 144.00 mg/dL <150.00 HDL Cholesterol 38.00 mg/dL 40.00 - 60.00 LDL Cholesterol 105.20 mg/dL <100.00 VLDL Cholesterol 28.80 mg/dL <30.00 Non-HDL Cholesterol 134.00 mg/dL HbA1c (GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN), BLOOD 5.60 < 6.0 URIC ACID, SERUM 4.4 3.5 - 7.2 I see worry Areas are HDL & LDL. Please advise. ThanksXXXX

Answered by Dr. Sukhvinder Singh (24 hours later)

Brief Answer: please provide clinical details Detailed Answer: Dear Sir For correct interpretation of lipid profile, certain clinical information is required.Please provide the same so that target LDL level can be calculated. 1. If you are a smoker? If any of your blood relatives has anginal heart disease? If yes, At what age it started ? If you have high blood pressure/ diabetes/ any chronic medical illness? Once I receive this information , I will elaborate on your lipid profile. Sincerely Sukhvinder

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Sukhvinder Singh (1 hour later)

Thanks for your quick response. Follwoing are answers of your questions : 1. I am non-smoker. Never Smoked. 2. My father was diagnosed Diabetic at age of 62 yrs and he had engioplasty at age of 64 yrs. 3. My BP is perfect (80/130 most of the time). I am Non-diabetic. None of Chronical illness. Hope it will help. ThanksXXXX

Answered by Dr. Sukhvinder Singh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: please see details. Detailed Answer: Dear Sir 1. Your target LDL cholesterol is 160 mg%. Hence the levels are very much within normal limits. The limit mentioned in the report (100mg%) applies to diabetics, patients of anginal heart disease and patients of proven cardiovascular disease. 2. Your HDL cholesterol is marginally low and needs only life style modification. It should be more than 40 mg%. Daily exercise (supervised) is best method to increase HDL levels. Beside if you are a non-vegetarian ~ 400 gms of fish per week will help in building up HDL level. Achieving optimal weight will also help in some manner. (Body mass index ~23). (Body mass index is weight in kilograms divided by square of height in meters). No medication is warranted as yet for this marginally abnormal value. 3. HbA1C and uric acid are within normal limits. Hope this clarifies the issue. Please do write if there is any doubt. Sincerely Sukhvinder

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E