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Blood lipid numbers in themselves don't really tell the whole picture

Also, the way they are interpreted changes...

If they want a full battery to understand someone's risk, they need to take into account

HDL
LDL
Triglycerides
LP(a) 
hsCRP (high sensitivity C-reactive protein) - This shows your inflammation
LP-PLA2
APOB/APOA ratio
Homosysteine
oxLDL (Oxidized LDL)
BMI
A1C
Fasting Insulin

The inflammation is where it's all at

The hs-CRP, if below 1, means your cardiovascular risk is very low, even with high LDL
High HDL is also beneficial, to a point

High Triglycerides are just all around bad

High LP(A) with high inflammation is bad

This is a complex matrix, as you can see, that goes well beyond a standard Lipid panel

High BMI means you release more inflammation (Interluekin 7) which causes inflammation

High A1C also means you are dealing with insulin resistance, which means you have more insulin needed to process the sugar - That means higher inflammation and hence higher chance of cardiovascular

So, the Canadian thing is not quite as straight forward as it appears