High levels of bad cholesterol in the blood can increase your risk of heart disease. So how do you know if you're experiencing high cholesterol, or not? ...
my LDL level just came back, and it was only 17! (my good cholesterol was 83) Is this a serious problem?
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MandMs
replied on August 24th, 2009
Extremely eHealthy
Having HDL (good cholesterol) levels of 60 mg/dL or above, is considered a "negative risk factor", since its presence allows the removal of one risk factor from the total.
Very low levels of LDL isn't normal and should be evaluated.
This result for LDL levels may indicate an inherited (genetic defect) disorders of lipoprotein metabolism like abetalipoproteinemia and familial hypobetalipoproteinemia, or it could be a secondary condition (caused by other disease) associated with liver disease, cancer, severe malnutrition.