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2. Lipid profile - Wikipedia

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   A lipid profile or lipid panel is a panel of blood tests used to find abnormalities in blood lipid ( such as cholesterol and triglycerides) concentrations. [not verified in body] The results of this test can identify certain genetic diseases and can determine approximate risks for cardiovascular disease, certain forms of pancreatitis, and other diseases.

3. Hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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   In Canada, screening is recommended for men 40 and older and women 50 and older. [48] In those with normal cholesterol levels, screening is recommended once every five years. [49] Once people are on a statin further testing provides little benefit except possibly to determine compliance with treatment. [50]

4. Hyperlipidemia - Wikipedia

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   Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. [2] The term hyperlipidemia refers to the laboratory finding itself and is also used as an umbrella term covering any of various acquired or genetic disorders that result in that finding. [3]

5. A normal cholesterol level can still be deadly, warns healthy ...

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   Average cholesterol values today are regarded as normal based on a sick society, ... With heart disease the top killer of men and women, ... which is considered to be around 30 to 70 mg/dL (or 0.8 ...

6. List of cholesterol in foods - Wikipedia

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   The human body makes one-eighth to one-fourth teaspoons of pure cholesterol daily. A cholesterol level of 5.5 millimoles per litre or below is recommended for an adult. The rise of cholesterol in the body can give a condition in which excessive cholesterol is deposited in artery walls called atherosclerosis. This condition blocks the blood flow ...

7. Your Cholesterol Could Be A Key Indicator Of Dementia. A ...

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   “Cholesterol level is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease," says Clifford Segil, DO, a neurologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. As a result, high ...

8. Study Finds Changes in Cholesterol May Indicate Higher ...

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   The direct relationship between cholesterol and dementia is still unclear, though elevated levels of specifically LDL cholesterol are considered a risk factor for dementia, says Peter Gliebus, M.D ...

9. High-density lipoprotein - Wikipedia

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   Men tend to have noticeably lower HDL concentrations, with smaller size and lower cholesterol content, than women. Men also have a greater incidence of atherosclerotic heart disease. Studies confirm the fact that HDL has a buffering role in balancing the effects of the hypercoagulable state in type 2 diabetics and decreases the high risk of ...