Top 10 Questions About High Cholesterol, Answered
From the Everyday Health website
A simple blood test at a routine medical visit can tell whether you — like 32 percent of Americans — have high cholesterol.
You may be diagnosed with borderline-high or high cholesterol if your blood test results show:
+ Total cholesterol higher than 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL)
+ LDL (“bad”) cholesterol higher than 100 mg/dL
+ Triglycerides levels over 150 mg/dL
+ HDL (“good”) cholesterol less than 60 mg/dL
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