I'd be willing to bet his Lipoprotein A levels were high. They are not
measured in a standard lipid profile but elevated LPa is an independent risk
factor for cardiovascular disease. Diet and meds have no direct effect on
them so if your levels are high you can only work on other risk factors.
Charlie
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Yeah, it's a real quandary: make a lot of money shilling Big Macs and
> love only 27 more years, or get healthy and die penniless in some
> gawdawful nursing home. <g>
>
> But then my father died at age 66 of a massive heart attack while
> carrying around a lab slip from his doctor containing many of the same
> numbers. Of course he smoked three packs of cigarettes a day.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bobwhitmire.com
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
> > Geez Bob, with those kind of numbers on a diet of Big Macs you'll
> > probably
> > only make it to 88. You'd better be careful; if you switch to a diet
> > of lean
> > meat and veggies you'll live to 122 and run out of money dying
> > penniless in
> > the gutter. ;^)
>
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