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What exactly do cholesterol levels mean?

What does total cholesterol mean?

  • The nurse said if it was under 150 then its normal. Does that mean your other cholesterol levels are normal?

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    its the total amount of cholesterol in the blood. Total normal levels of cholesterol should be under 200. 200 to 239 is borderline high; and 240 and higher is considered high. so your all good

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Total cholesterol is your HDL (high density lipoprotein) + LDL (low density lipoprotein) + VLDL (very low density lipoprotein) all added together. HDL are the "good" cholesterol. You want that number to be at 60 or higher for a negative risk factor. HDLs clean out the bad stuff. LDL or "bad" cholesterol, you want these levels under 100 for optimal health. LDLs deposit the bad stuff. VLDL "very bad" cholesterol, you want this as low as you can get it. If your total cholesterol is very low these numbers will be lower. Whatever your numbers are you want the levels in proportion. For total cholesterol: Under 200 is desirable 200-239 is borderline high Above 240 is high. A person with numbers this high is twice as likely to have heart disease than a person with total cholesterol under 200.

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