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What exactly does your cholesterol level mean?
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Cholesterol level: Your total cholesterol measures the amount of cholesterol or fat in your blood. This gives your doctors an idea of your risk for heart attacks, or stroke or vascular disease. Usually the total cholesterol is broken down into different types of fat--triglycerides, high density lipoproteins and low density lipoproteins. The amount of these provides even more information about your risk.
Answered 11/10/2014
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