wanting to know as much as we can about these men and women because we do have a stake in them. it s not just that we re nosey, wanting to know the president s hdl and ldl. we haven t spoken since the president just went through this latest physical exam. right. people who are a little bit older and read history by writers like yourself know that fdr hid fatal heart teadisease m the american people and another ailment or two. so i guess it s part of us being knowing that they are stewards of our country. again, would these two gentlemen, knowing that they are a bit older than the rest of the field, certainly older than the current sitting president. all true. the other thing, brian is, you know, it made our business to know about these things when she s parties shifted to primaries. you know, in the old days, as you well know let s say before
of weight. so his body mass index is now over 30. that s why he is considered clinically obese. the cholesterol came down, you can see. but look at the very bottom line. the medication crestor as a statin drug for cholesterol. they quadrupled that dose. that s what brought his cholesterol down. what s concerning a little bit is ldl, which is the bad cholesterol, that should be lower. with this much of the statin medication, that should at least be below 100. but we ll see. we get an idea now the impact the year has had on the president despite the medication increase. didn t you point out, sanjay, that there was heart disease in the last report that wasn t indicated. so with these hdl, this ldl, that is his risk factor, right, for heart disease? so when you look at the lipids, the cholesterol, and the various components of the cholesterol, you re looking at that to try and figure out what are his risk factors for heart disease. he also had a bunch of tests last year. they had a lis
the cholesterol came down, you can see. but look at the very bottom line. the medication crestor as a statin drug for cholesterol. they quadrupled that dose. the ldl should be lower. with this much of the statin medication, that should at least be below 100. but we ll see. we get an idea now the impact the year has had on the president despite the medication increase. didn t you point out, sanjay, that there was heart disease in the last report that wasn t indicated. so with these hdl, this ldl, that is his risk factor, right, for heart disease? so when you look at the lipids, the cholesterol, and the various components of the cholesterol, you re looking at that to try and figure out what are his risk factors for heart disease. he also had a bunch of tests last year. they had a list of tests that they talked about last year, and they made no mention of these tests this year.
lot of fat around their abdomen specifically? how does it fit in with their cholesterol, other testing? i think what most people will say when they look at that complete picture that there is a concern here and the concern is specifically around cardiovascular disease. so concerns about his heart. concerns about the blood vessels that lead to other parts of his body. that s the real concern. so, clinically obese in and of itself is an important thing to know. and typically denotes that someone is not in good health. when you start to add in all this other information, it kind of makes a clearer picture, that there s a real concern about someone s heart health in particular here, wolf. did his cholesterol go down because of increased levels of medication he was taking? it seems to be, wolf. the numbers did go down. before, they were over 200, 223, i believe. now below 200. that s what you want to see, certainly. it s worth noting that his hdl people may know that as
so when pressed, dr. jackson was still comfortable saying that because of the test that s did he to determine the president s heart function. his ldl at 143. they say it should be under 100. they like the hdl over 60. and then the total cholesterol at least under 200. in the past it was under 200. it went up from 170 to 223 so it went up 50 points in one year. if we your patient, what is the major advice would you give him? heart health has to be the big one. they make recommendations about his diet and exercise. i think it has to be really, really followed up on. it is obviously, it is tough for anybody to follow some of these recommendations. but he s had some significant changes and xloos would give us