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Lipid Profile

Related tests: Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, Triglycerides

What are risk factors (in addition to high LDL) for coronary heart disease?

Risk factors include:

  • Cigarette smoking
  • Age (you are a male 45 years or older or a female 55 years or older)
  • Low HDL cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL (1.04 mmol/L) )
  • Hypertension (Blood Pressure of 140/90 or higher or taking high blood pressure medications)
  • Family history of premature heart disease (heart disease in a first degree male relative under age 55 or a first degree female relative under age 65)
  • Note: High HDL (60 mg/dL or above) is considered a "negative risk factor" and its presence allows the removal of one risk factor from the total.



    This article last reviewed on November 15, 2004.


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