Crucial Tests for Heart Health

Name: Crucial Tests for Heart Health
Uploaded: 2024-10-09T16:00:50+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Short single-speaker excerpt (Dr. Charles Mok) describing which laboratory tests correlate with cardiovascular disease. The speaker identifies the…

9 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Short single-speaker excerpt (Dr. Charles Mok) describing which laboratory tests correlate with cardiovascular disease. The speaker identifies the strongest correlates as hemoglobin A1c and HOMA (glucose/insulin resistance measures), oxidized ApoB, and uric acid; lists LDL, hs‑CRP and ApoB as weakly correlated; and states that total cholesterol and triglycerides show little or no association. Notes that some tests (e.g., oxidized ApoB) are specialized and not routinely checked by most clinicians.

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So what tests correlated with cardiovascular disease? Okay. Number one, hemoglobin A1C. This is something you test to see if you're diabetic or pre diabetic Homa, which is just another indicator of insulin sensitivity. Very strongly correlated. Now, oxidative apob, which your doctor does not generally check for. That was strongly correlated. This is a more sophisticated test. Uric acid. Uric acid, which we think about in gout. The higher the level, more inflammatory it is. Now drop down from there. What are we checking? Ldl. Very weakly correlated with cardiovascular disease. High sensitivity. C reactive protein. Very weakly apob. That's what your doctor might check. What is virtually not associated with cardiovascular disease? Cholesterol, triglycerides, Most. No correlation.