Cholesterol is measured in three different units. Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. Triglycerides are also taken into account and all measurements are in milligrams per deciliter of blood.
125 LDL is basically means you have an elevated amount of cholesterol in your body.
results for cholesterol 209, ldl 129, hdl 44, triglycerides 178
Triglycerides
my cholesterol is overall 168, but my LDL is 99 and my HDL is 48... is this good or bad?
Triglycerides.
It affects triglycerides by increasing lipolysis and therefore free fatty acid/glycerol levels, don't think it affects LDL cholesterol.
im not sure these things are recorded but in our office we have seen LDL 200+ HDL 120+ and triglyceride 1500+ btw... HDL is good cholesterol
LDL means low density lipoprotein.
there is HDL=cholesterol LDL=bad cholesterol, there are triglycerides and these can all be broken down into subgroups as well vldd and vhdl
A lipid panel with reflex to directly measure LDL cholesterol (dLDL) is a blood test that measures various types of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. The reflex to dLDL means that if the calculated LDL cholesterol from the standard lipid panel falls within a certain range, dLDL will be measured directly for more accurate results. This test is important for assessing cardiovascular risk and guiding treatment decisions.
This is very very good for a 590 year old male.
Lipid tests include measurements of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
LDL-P stands for 'LDL-Particles' (as opposed to LDL-C which is LDL-Cholesterol). It's measured with a blood test commonly called "the particle test", and your LDL-P tells you the number of LDL particles in your blood. Usually LDL-P is measured along with LDL-C to obtain a more complete, detailed measure of cardiovascular risk - some doctors believe that particle levels as well as total cholesterol matter. Treatment strategies differ depending on the relationship between LDL-P and LDL-C, so there's not a 'cut and dried' target number for LDL-P (as there is for LDL-C).