Healthy Cholesterol Levels WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Healthy Cholesterol Levels
A healthy LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) level is less than 100 mg/dL. A healthy HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) level is 60 mg/dL or higher.1 A desirable total cholesterol is under 200 mg/dL.2
Fast Facts:
- A total cholesterol level of 200–239 mg/dL puts a person at borderline to high risk for heart disease.1
- A total cholesterol of 240 mg/dL and above puts a person at high risk for heart disease.1
- Age, family history, smoking and high blood pressure can affect cholesterol levels.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Heart Association: What Your Cholesterol Levels Mean
- ↑ A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Cholesterol Test Normal Results
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: What are Health Cholesterol Levels, How to KNow Healthy Cholesterol Numbers, Healthy cholesterol numbers
- Last update: Jul. 28, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
