So I would recommend following your doctor s advice for treatment questions. I have given you some general information below. Cholesterol has been identified as a major risk factor in the development of heart disease. Early studies established high cholesterol as a risk factor for developing heart disease. The most recently published studies have demonstrated that lipid lowering therapy decreases cardiac events even in those persons with normal cholesterol.
Total cholesterol is broken down into different categories.
If the triglycerides are too high the LDL calculation is not valid. Triglyceride is another type of cholesterol whose significance is not well established. Cholesterol should be measured after an 8 hour fast. Guidelines have been established as to the treatment of high cholesterol. It has been recommended that everyone over that age of 25 has their total cholesterol and HDL measured.