Results of blood work -cholesterol 268 - what does this mean?

QUESTION: Cholesterol

Cholesterol, Total 268 mg/dL (<240)

9342-7 t chol 268/ HDL high so ok

HDL:

HDL 124 mg/dL (>40) 12771-2 hdl 124 excellent


ANSWER: Hi,

According to the blood work you have given, I would say that the problem with you is the high total cholesterol.

What I see is that you have high HDL, which can stimulate a high total cholesterol.

However, I do not have your triglycerides levels to calculate LDL, and to see if there is something wrong with them.

In other words, you have provided a truncated blood work, therefore, my judgement is also limited.

Keep in mind that when you do a lipid profile, you should look at every component given (i.e, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL and LDL) to understand better your health condition.

Therefore, I can only say that you really have an excellent HDL cholesterol level, meaning, you are protected from any cardio-vascular disease.

However, as I already mentioned before, we should look at the other lipid fractions to better judgement.

Hope it helped although limited!

Dr.Alba