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High calcium score: I'm in shock
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Nov 4 2:36pm | Replies (214)Comment receiving replies
Hello everyone
I am 56 years old and have been a very fit athlete my entire life and I have a very clean diet since my CAC score 6 months ago came in at 90. My question is how important a role does your triglycerides have in all this ? before I even started taking statins 6 months ago my cholesterol was 190 with an LDL of 128 and triglycerides at 72. FYI I do have a family history of heart disease with my dad passing at 80. Did not really have a healthy lifestyle.
Thank you
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Your triglycerides look great and they are a marker for your liver processing fats. I would say they are a tool in the tool box. If it was high it might indicate some problem as part of a complete picture of your metabolism.
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bobby,
If you started statins after you received the CAC score, then likely since then your LDL should be lower, and your triglycerides (another lipid) may be lower.
Your numbers (I am not a medical professional): generally, for heart health, your total cholesterol is high, LDL is high, and triglycerides are not bad. Mine looked a lot like these, but with better eating, statin and icosapent ethyl, total cholesterol dropped to 100, LDL to 50, and triglycerides to 50 ... average numbers. Likely your CAC score is higher now due to the calcifying effects of the statin.