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Is Total Cholesterol Misleading?
Posted by Jim Fiore on April 7, 2009
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Under 200. That’s the usual target for total cholesterol as reported in popular media. But are all 200s the same? I just received my profile from a recent blood test. Here’s what it said. Total cholesterol: 204 LDL (bad cholesterol): 131.6 HDL (good cholesterol): 57 Triglycerides: 77 The total is computed as LDL+HDL+Tri/5. These are…