Total and HDL cholesterol
Reads: Lowers cholesterol
You want it balanced: sound lipid metabolism keeps the cardiovascular system in good order.
What this marker reads
The transport and handling of fats, not simply their level. Particle number, size and oxidation state carry more predictive weight than total cholesterol — a distinction the mainstream number obscures.
What a named body publishes
Each line below is the sentence the issuing body wrote, carried with its own identifier. Nothing here interprets your result — it states what was published, for whom, and by whom.
Total cholesterol
“ATP III classifies total cholesterol below 200 mg/dL as 'Desirable'.”
ATP III Guidelines At-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference · National Cholesterol Education Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health — NIH Publication No. 01-3305, May 2001 The document
“ATP III classifies total cholesterol of 200-239 mg/dL as 'Borderline high'.”
ATP III Guidelines At-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference · National Cholesterol Education Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health — NIH Publication No. 01-3305, May 2001 The document
“ATP III classifies total cholesterol at the 240 mg/dL level and above as 'High'.”
ATP III Guidelines At-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference · National Cholesterol Education Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health — NIH Publication No. 01-3305, May 2001 The document
HDL cholesterol
“ATP III classifies HDL cholesterol below 40 mg/dL as 'Low'.”
ATP III Guidelines At-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference · National Cholesterol Education Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health — NIH Publication No. 01-3305, May 2001 The document
“ATP III classifies HDL cholesterol at 60 mg/dL and above as 'High'.”
ATP III Guidelines At-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference · National Cholesterol Education Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health — NIH Publication No. 01-3305, May 2001 The document
Your laboratory reads your result against its own assay, and this page does not do that for it. What is above is what a named body published and for whom; the machinery this marker reads is set out on its pathway page, and the formulas witnessed on it are below.
The machinery behind it
What raises this marker and what it goes on to move — each edge carried with its own study — is set out in full on its pathway page: Lowers cholesterol →
Formulas that modulate it
Each formula page names this pathway and carries the study behind its claim.
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