I'm 20 years old.. and my cholesterol level is at 158.. is this normal, or should I be worried?
2007-09-12 11:35:53 · 8 answers · asked by Patty melt 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
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The "normal" values for serum lipids depend on the patient's age, sex, and race. Normal values for people in Western countries are usually given as 140–220 mg/dL in adults, although as many as 5% of the population has TC higher than 300 mg/dL. Among Asians, the figures are about 20% lower. As a rule, both TC and LDL levels rise as people get older.
Some doctors prefer to speak of "desired" rather than "normal" cholesterol values, on the grounds that "normal" refers to statistically average levels that may still be too high for good health. Desirable values are as follows:
* Total cholesterol (TC): less than 200 mg/dL
* HDL cholesterol: 40–70 mg/dL in males, 40–80 mg/dL in females
* LDL cholesterol: less than 130 mg/dL
* TC/HDL ratio: under 4.0 in males, 3.8 in females.
2007-09-12 11:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by Cynny 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-05 22:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by Concepcion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Cholesterol level of 158?
I'm 20 years old.. and my cholesterol level is at 158.. is this normal, or should I be worried?
2015-08-13 22:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the American Heart Association's annual stroke conference (February 1999), a report was presented showing that people with cholesterol levels under 180 doubled their risk of hemorrhagic stroke compared to those with cholesterol levels of 230. Optimal level is around 200.
http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-101.shtml?source=DeathClock&key=DWHealth_Concern
However, do not concern this much. The hemorrhage stroke is only a small portion or 15% among all strokes, and mostly it affects to people from 40 years old with untreated hypertension, alcohol abuse, cell pathology that causes an aortic aneurysm or a balloon in vessel walls, or some other required risk factors.
2007-09-14 05:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by toodd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ldl 158
2016-12-18 07:13:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Your levels are alright, but you should be aware that HDL is good cholesterol and LDL is bad cholesterol, you have high level of LDL, so it requires attention, some lifestyle modifications like eat lean meat and lot of omega-3 fatty acid in your food, fish oil is very good, also put in some exercise everyday like walking..all the best, don't worry the values are not alarming so if you practice caution from now onwards nothing to worry.
2016-04-06 02:29:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-05 00:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wish my cholesterol was that low. any thing under 200 is unusually normal.
2007-09-12 11:41:36 · answer #8 · answered by baachi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋