Your Vital Health - Healthy Cholesterol Levels and Ratios

Healthy Cholesterol Levels & Ratios

Current guidelines from the National Cholesterol Education Program recommend that people keep total cholesterol to 200 mg. per deciliter (mg/dl). If your Total Cholesterol level is between 200 to 239 mg/dl, you are at an “Increased Risk” for developing coronary heart disease.

If your Total Cholesterol Level is 240 mg/dl or above, you are in the “High Risk” category for developing heart disease.

Persons with Total Cholesterol levels over 260 mg/dl have four times the risk of developing heart disease than those with levels of 190 mg/dl or below.

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The most important indicator of heart disease risk is the ratio of Total Cholesterol to HDL Cholesterol (Chol/HDL). The optimal level for HDL (the good cholesterol) is 50+ mg/dl for men and 60+ mg/dl for women. The optimal ratio for Chol/HDL is 2.7 –3.0. The average male victim of Heart Disease has a Chol/HDL ratio of 5.5-6.1. The average female victim of Heart Disease has a Chol/HDL ratio of 4.6-6.4. You need to get your ratio down.

Type of Cholesterol	Optimal Range Male	Optimal Range Female	Increased Risk	High Risk	Extreme Risk
Total	below 190	below 180	above 200	above 240	above 260
HDL	above 50	above 70	below 45	below 35	below 25
LDL	below 100	below 100	above 130	above 140	above 165
CHOL/HDL Ratio	below 3.0	below 2.7	above 4.4	above 5.0	above 6.4

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