LDL / HDL cholesterol ratio

«Total HDL cholesterol ratio

LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular risk mg / dL mmol / L Interpretation <70 <1.8 Optimal values ​​for people with high cardiovascular risk <100 <2.6

Optimal values ​​for people with medium cardiovascular risk

100 - 129 2.6 - 3.3 Nearly optimal LDL cholesterol for healthy people 130 - 159 3.3 - 4.1 Moderately high LDL cholesterol 160 - 189 4.1 - 4.9 Elevated LDL cholesterol >190 >4.9 Very high LDL cholesterol

Note: the symbol> means greater; the <symbol means less. mg / dL and mmol / L are two different units of measurement with which the analysis laboratories usually express the cholesterol values ​​reported in the reports.

HDL cholesterol and cardiovascular risk mg / dL mmol / L Interpretation

<40 if man

<50 if woman

<1.03 Low HDL cholesterol, increased cardiovascular risk 40-59 1.03-1.55 Normal HDL cholesterol >60 >1.55 High HDL cholesterol, an optimal condition that protects against cardiovascular risk

LDL / HDL ratio

From the tables above it is clear that, to ensure optimal protection from cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease, it is desirable to keep LDL cholesterol levels low by contrasting them with high HDL cholesterol values. For this, the two values ​​can be related for an immediate and approximate estimate of the patient's cardiovascular risk.

LDL cholesterol / HDL cholesterol Cardiovascular risk * Men Women Very low (halved) 1 1.47 Medium 3.55 3.22 Moderate risk (doubled) 6.35 5.0 Very High (tripled) 8 6.14

* Framingham Heart Study

Note: if you don't know your LDL cholesterol value you can calculate it here.

LDL cholesterol

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HDL cholesterol

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However, this estimate does not take into account other cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, hypertension, cigarette smoking, hypertension, obesity (especially of the androgen type), high values ​​of inflammatory markers in the blood, low levels blood homocysteine, old age, etc. The reader can get a more detailed picture of cardiovascular risk by following the instructions on this page.