Fri, Feb-27-09, 16:41
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Senior Member
Posts: 277
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Plan: Low carb, suff. protein
Stats: 115/103/95
BF:
Progress: 60%
Location: dublin
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When you convert cholesterol, whether LDL, HDL or Total Cholesterol, from US Imperial measures to the "Moles" system used elsewhere, all measures are multiplied by the same amount, (approx) 40.
Therefore ratios stay roughly the same.
However because Trigs are multiplied by a different number (88ish) the ratio of Trigs to all Cholesterols is not the same in different systems.
Hence ratio Trigs/HDL in the case above is 1.6/1.2 = 1.3 in moles, but 140/48 = 2.9 in US measures.
You need to make a proportional adjustment in what is the "safe" ratio depending on the Measure used.
Incidentally the numbers quoted are almost identical to mine when last measured, three years ago, pre low-carb. I will be getting a workplace health check in few weeks and will be interested to see the latest results.
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