Cholesteral Levels

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Cholesterol Levels? Cholesteral levels is a common misspelling of cholesterol levels.

Cholesterol levels include total cholesterol levels, LDL cholesterol levels, and HDL cholesterol levels. Total cholesterol levels may be misleading, because a person can have a healthy total cholesterol level and still have a low HDL cholesterol level or a high LDL cholesterol level. A total cholesterol level over 240 mg/dL is high, and a level between 200 and 239 mg/dL is borderline high. A total cholesterol level under 200 mg/dL is a healthy level. If your total cholesterol is higher than 240 mg/dL, your risk of heart disease and stroke is higher. However, the higher your level of HDL cholesterol, which is the "good cholesterol," the better.

(Click Cholesterol Levels for the full eMedTV article on this topic. This article provides charts to help interpret cholesterol levels, and also explains the different types of cholesterol and some of the tests used to measure cholesterol.)