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[mouton29]

Re: LDL-C. So many people - cardiologists included - continue to focus on the quantity of “bad” cholesterol when it seems that the number of atherogenic particles is a more relevant measure, as measured by, for example, apo B or LDL-P. This is a discussion by lipodologist Tom Dayspring. https://www.lipidcenter.com/pdf/Understanding_the_Entire_Lipid_Profile.pdf

My impressions from talking to my own cardiologist is that doctors are slow to change or just don’t believe that these other measures provide much more information than good ole LDL-C. At one point, I had my LDL-P measured at an outside lab and there was no “discordance” between the LDL-P and LDL-C but for some people, there is.