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Q: Hello, My cholesterol is 237. Triglyceride 120 HDL 65 LDL 148 I am a healthy vegeterian who excercises aprox. 2 hours 7x per week. I'm 5'4" and 132lbs.
Depending on your age that level may not be high and in fact may be a very healthy level. the following link is to one of the few long term studies to measure all cause mortality versus TC, LDL-C, and HDL-C See table 5 :
http://dspace.lib.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2297/7526/1/ME-PR-MABUCHI-H-1087.pdf
note that the lowest risk of death occures at TC of 200-259!
note also that your LDL-C and HDL-C are also in the lowest risk range..
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