What Is Total Cholesterol and What Does It Mean? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Totalcholesterolisthetotalamountofcholesterolinyourblood.Yourtotalcholesterolincludeslow-densitylipoprotein(LDL,or“bad”)cholesteroland ...

Total cholesterol represents the combined amount of "bad" cholesterol (low-density, or LDL) and "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL) in your blood. The measurement is then compared to your individual HDL result to gauge your risk for heart disease and stroke.

This comparison is telling because it reveals whether LDL, which is the one that can build up in your arteries and cause blockages, is or is not the predominant cholesterol type in your body.

The HDL and LDL lipoproteins are tiny “packages” in your blood, with fat (lipid) on the inside and proteins on the outside, that carry cholest...