Cholesterol Norm

LDL cholesterol norm

LDL is the bad cholesterol. LDL cholesterol must meet its norm above all, because it is the main factor helping your doctor work out how likely it is that you will have a significant cardiovascular event within the next 10 years. Based on that likelihood, you will be prescribed medication — or not [1].

Important: the norms are given in mmol/L. If your blood-test results are in mg/dL, you will find your cholesterol norm here.

According to your risk group, choose the norm you need to meet.

Triglycerides should be < 1.7 mmol/L. If the test is taken after eating, triglycerides should be < 2.3 mmol/L.

HDL cholesterol norm

HDL cholesterol has a norm too, but this time the situation is different, because HDL is the good cholesterol. Good cholesterol helps lower the bad, so you want it to be as high as possible — that way you reduce the earlier-mentioned likelihood of a significant cardiovascular event within the next 10 years. HDL cholesterol should be higher than its norm of 1.0 mmol/L, though it would be far better if your HDL cholesterol exceeded 1.5 mmol/L.

Interesting! If HDL cholesterol exceeds 2.3 mmol/L, then on the contrary — it may indicate a raised likelihood of mortality of any kind, and scientists have not yet worked out why [2].

Total cholesterol norm

Total cholesterol and its norm are not as important as the bad cholesterol. The norm for total cholesterol is < 4.9 mmol/L, but, as mentioned, you need to watch your LDL cholesterol and see to how to lower the bad cholesterol — then total cholesterol and its norm will no longer trouble you [3].

Cholesterol norm in mg/dL

You will find the full table of what the cholesterol norm should be in mg/dL here. Or you can convert mmol/L ↔ mg/dL yourself.

IMPORTANT. The formula below applies only to cholesterol (not to triglycerides).

Cholesterol and the norm for women

The LDL norm does not differ for women or men. LDL cholesterol in women must meet the norm < 3.0 mmol/L. If there are other risk factors, see the exact norm above, in the LDL norm section. HDL cholesterol in women must meet the norm > 1.2 mmol/L, though it is best to be > 1.5 mmol/L. Why does the cholesterol norm for women differ?

Cholesterol and the norm for men

LDL cholesterol in men should be < 3.0 mmol/L. If other conditions trouble you as well, you will find the exact figure in the section above, LDL norm. HDL cholesterol in men should be > 1.0 mmol/L — that is the bare minimum; the higher the number, the better.

What lowers cholesterol in the blood, so the norm is good?

There are natural solutions for how to put the HDL and LDL cholesterol norm in order. Strong extracts of certain medicinal-mushroom polysaccharides can lower the bad cholesterol, raise the good, and so balance their overall ratio to meet the norm. Which are the best, you will find out by clicking below.

To achieve cholesterol-lowering results, it is very important to use the highest-quality, strong and reliable products. The recommended formula for cholesterol control is AURI 25 from Zenius Labs™.