Hi Roneby,

I'm a little confused. The way you wrote your levels (147/87) makes me think this is a blood pressure reading, not cholesterol levels.

Here is an article that will help you understand your lab results:

Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores

If this is a blood pressure reading, here are the four blood pressure categories definedy by The Joint National Committee defines four blood pressure categories.

Very High Range - Stage 2 Hypertension
Systolic (top) blood pressure 160 mm Hg or high
Diastolic (bottom) blood pressure 100 mm Hg or higher
If in this range you have hypertension (high blood pressure).

High Range - Stage 1 Hypertension
Systolic (top) blood pressure 140 - 159 mm Hg
Diastolic (bottom) blood pressure 90 - 99 mm Hg
If in this range you have hypertension (high blood pressure).

Caution Range - Prehypertension
Systolic (top) blood pressure 120 - 139 mm Hg
Diastolic (bottom) blood pressure 80 - 89 mm Hg
Take action!

Normal Range - Normal
Systolic (top) blood pressure below 120 mm Hg
Diastolic (bottom) blood pressure below 80 mm Hg
Perfect!

If the above does not answer your questions, please resubmit your question.

All the best,

Lisa Nelson RD
How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally