Cholesterol level abnormal?
I went to have my blood test today although i did not fast the night before. My last meal was at breakfast around 6.45 am and i had my blood test done at 9.30 am. The serum lipid shows plasma total cholesterol 5.6mmol/l, plasma triglyceride 0.56mmol/l, plasma LDL cholesterol 3.18 mmol/l,plasme hdl 2.17 mmol/l and total cholesterol/ hdl is 2.6 mmol/l. Is my cholesterol level and hdl level elevated due to the food intake during breakfast. looking at the result, is there any cause of concern or sholuld i see a doctor regarding this?
Update:may i know to what extend will food affect the readings? as far as i know, total cholesterol and ldl is not affected whether you fact or not fast. is that true?
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Hi Ngu,
Typically elevated non-fasting cholesterol levels is used as a screening. When levels are elevated non-fasting your physician may order fasting levels to identify reason for concern. It is possible for your food intake to have a slight impact on your cholesterol lab results.
I've converted your lab results to mg/dl so you can compare to the American Heart Association guidelines:
Total Cholesterol = 218.4 mg/dl
Triglycerides = 49.9 mg/dl
LDL = 124 mg/dl
HDL = 84.6 mg/dl
Here are the recommendations of the American Heart Association:
Total cholesterol less than 200
HDL cholesterol at least > 40, ideally > 60
LDL cholesterol at least less than 130, ideally less than 100
Triglycerides less than 150
FYI - A high HDL, greater than 60, is typically good.
All the best,
Lisa Nelson RD
How to Lower Cholesterol in 8 Simple Steps - http://www.lisanelsonrd.com/howtolowercholesterol....
it would really depend on your family history.do you have heart disease in your family?how was your LDL and HDL?these are some of the factors.doctors will say that they want you under 229 over all cholesterol if you have a healthy background.if heart disease runs in your family,they want you under 200.i would say that 213 is the same as getting a C on a test.it's not great,but it's not the end of the world either.
If you didn't fast, you don't have an accurate result for lipids (or glucose for that matter) why do you think they TELL YOU to fast before the test?
Ur lab tests are meaningless and ul need them repeated to get an accurate FASTING result. You are wasting everyone's time by not fasting and driving the cost of healthcare up for the rest of us.