Sat, Jun-05-04, 14:46
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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Originally Posted by VickiR
Has it even been conclusively shown that total cholesterol is a half-decent measure of coronary risk? Seems to me that there are other measures that work better, like total/HDL ratio, CRP, or homocysteine.
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You're correct, VickiR. Total cholesterol has never been shown to be a good indicator of cardiac risk. Quite the oppposite, in fact, since more than half of those that have cardiac events have normal cholesterol levels (below 200). It's now thought that the ratios as well as triglyceride levels and c-reactive protein and homocysteine levels are better indicators but even those are not foolproof.
It seems that the more scientists try to prove the fat/cholesterol/heart disease theory, the more they come up scratching their heads but still maintain it must be valid.
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