Not quite a bit pregnant
Jul. 10th, 2008 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stephbgBlood test results always annoy me. You get a number, and a normal range. Personally, I find this completely meaningless.
I've finally got my cholesterol test results (a mere two months or so down the track). It was the first time I've had it tested, so that reduces the information value even further. At 6.6, my total cholesterol is "a bit high" for it should ideally be below 5.5. I find this completely meaningless. Is this a big deal? Is that 1.1 difference a meaningless statistical artifact or is my heart about to stop? Does any interpretation depend on a detailed medical history? My GP acknowledges the difference between linear and log scales (or at least pretends to - apparently I frighten him sometimes) but tells me nothing useful. I have a shiny new pamphlet which also fails to tell me anything relevant.
*goes off grumbling to educate self about fat*
I've finally got my cholesterol test results (a mere two months or so down the track). It was the first time I've had it tested, so that reduces the information value even further. At 6.6, my total cholesterol is "a bit high" for it should ideally be below 5.5. I find this completely meaningless. Is this a big deal? Is that 1.1 difference a meaningless statistical artifact or is my heart about to stop? Does any interpretation depend on a detailed medical history? My GP acknowledges the difference between linear and log scales (or at least pretends to - apparently I frighten him sometimes) but tells me nothing useful. I have a shiny new pamphlet which also fails to tell me anything relevant.
*goes off grumbling to educate self about fat*
