Peter Attia· MD
if you have a direct cholesterol measurement the LDL C is technically LDL C plus LP little AC but there is no way on God's green earth you can look at that and infer what the LP little a is right without testing directly
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
if you have a direct cholesterol measurement the LDL C is technically LDL C plus LP little AC but there is no way on God's green earth you can look at that and infer what the LP little a is right without testing directly
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they actually develop the direct LDL see to give us a LDL cholesterol metric and people with triglycerides of eight hundred twelve hundred four thousand we're now you know what their LDL cholesterol is whereas the formula would be useless there
the higher you go above 200 be careful with a calculated LDL cholesterol and rely on direct LDL see