stroke the lower the cholesterol goes the lower the stroke rate it's like the blood pressure the lower the better so there may be some point you know you can't go down to zero right it's like the blood pressure you can't go to low but in general what we found from the studies is lower cholesterol is lower heart attack and stroke rates the goal for somebody varies on what their situation is but if you've had a stroke from atherosclerosis that we want to get down below 80 on what's called the LDL the low-density right the LDL the bad