Crucial Tests for Heart Health

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.