Bloodwork. Comments appreciated

[TestingMe]

Hi All,

Here is the most recent bloodwork I had drawn.

I am 62 years old, 5' 11" 170 klbs

I've finally started regular exercise and changed my diet for the last 2 plus months.

I see positive results already in the Lipid panel. Lowering the bad stuff about 15% and slowly increasing the HDL from 35 to 37..It's been as low as 30 and as high as 40 over the years.

I'm on a largely Mediterranean Diet, lots of salad, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, olive oil, chicken.

I could use insights and suggestions for supplements and or foods that might help continue to lower LDL and raise HDL. I do have some heart issues that motivated me to start a Cardiac Rehab program on my own as my Ejection fraction was 1% too high for insurance!

Any suggestions on what other tests I should order would be appreciated too!

Thanks in advance!


TESTOSTERONE TOTAL, MALE

Your Value 882 ng/dL Standard Range 300 - 720 ng/dL



SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN

Your Value 50 nmol/L Standard Range 11 - 80 nmol/L



BIOAVAILABLE TESTOSTERONE

Your Value 402 ng/dL Standard Range 131 - 682 ng/dL



TESTOSTERONE, FREE

Your Value 144 pg/mL Standard Range 47 - 244 pg/mL



TESTOSTERONE FREE PERCENT

Your Value 1.6% Standard Range 1.6-2.9%



ESTRADIOL LEVEL

Your Value 19 pg/mL Standard Range 11 - 44 pg/mL


CHOLESTEROL, TOTAL

Your Value 163 mg/dL Standard Range <200 mg/dL


TRIGLYCERIDES

Your Value 148 mg/dL Standard Range 0 - 149 mg/dL

HDL CHOLESTEROL

Your Value 37 mg/dL Standard Range >39/dL

LDL CHOLESTEROL

Your Value 96 mg/dL Standard Range <100 mg/dL

CHOLESTEROL/HDL RATIO

Your Value 4.4 Standard Range 0.0 - 4.9

[TestingMe]

I'm guessing the free testosterone percentage comes down as the Test result comes down a bit into normal ranges

Not a very interesting thread I admit

[Youthful55guy]

Not much to comment about in the labs. They all look great. Are you on any type of TRT? If you are not, the results are great for a 62 YO male not on TRT. If you are, you might want to consider a very slightly higher dose (maybe 10% increase) to get Free T up to around the 75th percentile (~200 with your lab's normal ranges). HOWEVER, keep in mind that TRT can negatively influence lipid levels. I saw it myself when I started TRT.

You might want to consider a low dose of atorvastatin (Lipitor). I take the lowest dose (10 mg daily) and it did wonders for my lipids and LDL/HDL ratios. I've not seen any side-effects at all and have been taking it for over 3 years.

[TestingMe]

Not much to comment about in the labs. They all look great. Are you on any type of TRT? If you are not, the results are great for a 62 YO male not on TRT. If you are, you might want to consider a very slightly higher dose (maybe 10% increase) to get Free T up to around the 75th percentile (~200 with your lab's normal ranges). HOWEVER, keep in mind that TRT can negatively influence lipid levels. I saw it myself when I started TRT.

You might want to consider a low dose of atorvastatin (Lipitor). I take the lowest dose (10 mg daily) and it did wonders for my lipids and LDL/HDL ratios. I've not seen any side-effects at all and have been taking it for over 3 years.

Thank you for the comments, I forgot to mention, yes I am on TRT, .3 2x per week.

I've not read or heard about TRT effecting lipids. My cardiologist does want me on a statin but I promised myself to finally start a diet and exercise program before I do that and it seems to be working pretty fast.

For sure I want to do my best with diet and exercise before I start a statin, as much out of curiosity as anything.

I've always had high Bilirubin levels my whole life...3x normal..Never a huge concern but on this last blood test the Bilirubin is 1.0..down from 2.5..I'm guessing my body is liking eating birdfood!

I started having smoothies with protein powder, almond butter, bananas and blueberries and flaxseed.

I messaged my cardiologist to order another lipid panel before I see him next month.

I will take your advice and increase the TRT a bit as you suggest as well.

Thanks again for the post!