Women and High Cholesterol WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Women and High Cholesterol and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. Your Total Health: Cholesterol and Women yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com - Cholesterol and Women
  2. National Women's Health Resource Center: Cholesterol and Women's Health healthywomen.org - Cholesterol and Women's Health
  3. HealthLink: Managing Cholesterol Levels for Women healthlink.mcw.edu - Managing Cholesterol Levels for Women
  4. Everyday Health: Cholesterol in Women everydayhealth.com - Cholesterol in Women
  5. American Heart Association: Women and Cholesterol americanheart.org - Women and Cholesterol
  6. Total Health For Women (via MotherNature.com): High Cholesterol in Women mothernature.com - High Cholesterol in Women
  7. ScienceDaily: Healthy Women With High Cholesterol At Increased Risk Of Stroke (Feb. 20, 2007)sciencedaily.com - Healthy Women With High Cholesterol At Increased Risk Of Stroke
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Research Notes on Women and High Cholesterol


Like men, women are at risk for developing high cholesterol. Risk factors for high cholesterol include a poor diet, smoking, lack of exercise, and excessive consumption of alcohol.1 Cholesterol also tends to increase with age.2

Fast Facts:

  • Women more than ten or twenty pounds over weight are at greater risk for developing high cholesterol.1
  • High cholesterol can lead to heart disease.3
  • Women often have higher HDL (good cholesterol) than men.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MotherNature.com: High Cholesterol in Women
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 American Heart Association: Women and Cholesterol
  3. ↑ Everyday Health: Cholesterol in Women

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