The single most quoted lipid ratio, and the one most often printed on a cardiovascular risk report.
| Result | Band |
|---|---|
| Under 3.5 | Optimal |
| 3.5 to 5.0 | Acceptable |
| Above 5.0 | High |
Commonly used bands; below 5 is widely treated as acceptable and below 3.5 as optimal.
BloodMarker reads your whole panel and tells you what the lines say together, which is the part no single calculation can do.
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Under 5 is generally treated as acceptable and under 3.5 as optimal.
It carries more information than the total alone, because a high total driven by high HDL is a different picture from the same total driven by high LDL.
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