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HDL: 71
LDL: 30
Total cholesterol: 163
The woman who gave me the results said that the LDL was the lowest she's ever seen. Is this something I should be concerned about? I know that LDL should be low, but is there a lower limit?
Thank you for your responses!View Thread

It seems like the high BUN/Creatinine ratio could be from having a high protein diet, according to what I've found online. Makes sense given my Atkins-ish diet.
Thanks again for your input and ideas!View Thread

Here are my actual numbers:
Total cholesterol: 163
HDL: 71
LDL: 86
Triglycerides: 30
They gave me the triglyceride number instead of the LDL. This makes much more sense to me. Everything else looks good except my TSH is 2.14, which they usually like to keep a tad lower because I am on Synthroid. Also, my BUN/Creatinine ration is high. I have no idea what that means.
Thanks, everyone, for your replies!View Thread


Good point about the fasting. Maybe my numbers are "more normal" than the bloodwork would indicate. I tend to eat all day long, small meals and bites, so it is very unusual that I would go 12 hours without eating.View Thread



They said my thyroid looked normal on the test (it was a cbc, including cholesterol and thyroid) because that was something else they wanted to check up on. But maybe they were just looking at TSH and not T3... I really hope they don't lower my thyroid medication it because I feel awful when my thyroid gets low. Awful, awful, awful, every-bone-in-my-body-aches-and-is-tired-awful.
Thanks for the feedback. It is interesting how everything is so interconnected, like trying to solve a puzzle. I'll have to try to get more info from my doctor next week.View Thread

What is the relationship between triglycerides and LDL? Do high triglycerides lower LDL?
I looked up high triglycerides and it says that it is normally caused by diets high in carbs, but I consume a very low carb diet (~<30 carbs/day) (and no meat or meat fat whatsoever) so I am thinking that probably not... But they never gave me that number specifically. They just said "everything is normal" and when I pushed for the cholesterol info they gave me the aforementioned breakdown.
Worth asking about at my appointment, though... Thanks for the suggestion!View Thread

Sooo... It seems like the numbers are good, but should I be concerned about the LDL being so low? Why would it be so low? Could it indicate some other problem? Or should I just chill out and be glad that it looks good?
Thanks again! I'm sitting here being kind-of worried, until my physical with the doc next week when I get to talk with him about the results...View Thread
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