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Your Organisational Guidance

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Classification of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)[34]

The following are broad traditional categories from the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III guidelines of the National Cholesterol Education Program for reference in interpreting lipid results, but it is important to tailor LDL-C and other lipid goals to the individual patient. For example, the 2019 European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society guidelines recommend LDL-C <1.4 mmol/L (<55 mg/dL) in those at very high risk for cardiovascular disease and in secondary prevention.[41]

LDL-C:

  • Optimal: <2.6 mmol/L (<100 mg/dL)

  • Near or above optimal: 2.6 to 3.3 mmol/L (100-129 mg/dL)

  • Borderline high: 3.4 to 4.1 mmol/L (130-159 mg/dL)

  • High: 4.1 to 4.9 mmol/L (160-189 mg/dL)

  • Very high: ≥4.9 mmol/L (≥190 mg/dL)

Total cholesterol:

  • Desirable: <5.2 mmol/L (<200 mg/dL)

  • Borderline high: 5.2 to 6.2 mmol/L (200-239 mg/dL)

  • High: ≥6.2 mmol/L (≥240 mg/dL)

Triglycerides:

  • Normal: <1.7 mmol/L (<150 mg/dL)

  • Borderline high: ≥1.7 mmol/L (≥150 mg/dL)

  • High: 2.3 to 5.6 mmol/L (200-499 mg/dL)

  • Very high: ≥5.7 mmol/L (≥500 mg/dL)

HDL-C:

  • Low: <1 mmol/L (<40 mg/dL)

  • High: ≥1.6 mmol/L (≥60 mg/dL)

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