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Newsgroups: sci.med Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!udel!wupost!uunet!ftpbox!mothost!lmpsbbs!comm.mot.com!dougb From: dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank) Subject: Re: Blood Cholesterol - Gabe Mirkin's advice Reply-To: dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 18:52:14 GMT Message-ID: <1993Apr5.185214.6215@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> References: <1pka0uINNnqa@mojo.eng.umd.edu> Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News) Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.1.146.35 In article <1pka0uINNnqa@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes: |> Forget about total cholesterol when assessing health risk factors. |> Instead, use a relationship between LDL and HDL cholesterol: |> |> If your LDL is You need an HDL of at least |> |> 90 35 |> 100 45 |> 110 50 |> 120 55 |> 130 60 |> 140 70 Gee, what do I do? My LDL is only 50-60. (and my HDL is only 23-25) I must be risking something, but Is it the same risk as those with very high LDL? |> If your triglycerides are above 300, and your HDL is below 30, the |> drug of choice is gemfibrozil (Lopid) taken as a 600mg tablet |> thirty minutes before your morning and evening meals. What about exercise and a low-fat diet? What are the long-term effects of this drug? -- Doug Bank Private Systems Division dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com Motorola Communications Sector dougb@nwu.edu Schaumburg, Illinois dougb@casbah.acns.nwu.edu 708-576-8207
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