Originally Posted by janieg

Thanks everyone. I'll post below what I think are the relevant results out of 31 reported ones. If I'm missing any that would be helpful, please let me know. They flag three results as "high," and I'm showing those.

What I'm basically trying to understand is the real cardiac risk of my supposedly elevated LDL related to particle size. I know the small dense ones are the bad ones. From another source, I learned this about Ldl particle size:

Pattern A - Larger, less dense 20.6 - 22
Pattern B - Small, dense 19.0 - 20.5

Ldl-P 1446 (high)
Ldl-C 157 (high)
Ldl Size 21.1
Ldl Size Percentile 73.5
Small Ldl-P 463 (reference range <=527)
Large Ldl Particle Number 819

Triglycerides 52
Hdl-C 66
Hdl-P (Total) 27.6
Cholesterol, Total 233 (High)


Based on what I'm reading into this, I'm not in too bad shape despite a high Ldl-P. My Ldl particle size is averaging in the Pattern A range, and my Ldl numbers significantly outnumber my small Ldl numbers.

Am I thinking about this right? I have m doc appt on Wednesday, and I just want to be a little educated about this before I hear what she has to say.

Thanks so much!

Janie