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Is your LDL under 70?

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jx41870
jx41870

Just had a blood panel, and a blurb on the guidelines suggests looking for an LDL total reading less than 70 for diabetics! That seems very low to me, even for diabetics. For the general population they want to see less than 100.

So, three questions:

  1. Is your LDL under 70?
  2. Are you taking a statin?
  3. What's your level of diabetes: (A) none, (B) pre-diabetes and no meds other than metforminc, (c) diabetes with meds other than metformin (whether or not also on metformin).

Plus anything else about LDL that you'd care to add!

For me, (1) My LDL is not under 70, (2) I am not (yet) taking a statin, (3) level B - pre-diabetes plus some metformin.

Thanks!

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  • sarah87162
    sarah87162 jx41870

    Posted

    What is LDL?

    Oh how I wish they would use the same scale of Blood Sugar Levels for everyone.

    Mine is always quite high in double figures.

    It is supposed to be between 4 and 7.

    I can never remember how to convert that to the figure of 70 you are talking about.

    I am on metformin. Type 2 Diabetes.

    Sarah

    • jx41870
      jx41870 sarah87162

      Posted

      Hi @sarah87162, "LDL" is low-density lipoprotein, it's the "bad" kind of cholestorol. Problems with lipids, including cholestorol, can be much worse for diabetics, that's how it fits in here. It's a separate thing from blood sugar, and I think everyone uses the same scales. Thanks.

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