“My doctor said my cholesterol was fine . . . So why did I have a heart attack?!”
Let’s face it: Using cholesterol values alone to predict whether or not heart attack is in your future can lead to failure. Yes, it works statistically in a large population. But apply it to a specific individual, and you might as well roll the dice.
There are a number of reasons for the shortcomings of cholesterol values to predict heart disease. Among the reasons:
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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