Perhaps: Blood pressure & cholesterol are 2 distinct risk factors for heart disease & stroke. You can have one w/o other, or you can have both. Top BP number should ideally be less than 120 while bottom BP number should be less than 80. Hypertension or high BP is treatable w/medication when top is greater than 140 or bottom is greater than 90. Heart risk calculator can be used to determine goal cholesterol.
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LDL, not Cholesterol: Cholesterol is a fat molecule manufactured by every animal cell, a building block of each cell membrane (enables membrane fluidity/movement without tearing), is fundamental to the survival of every animal cell. Lipoproteins (proteins which transport all fats in the water outside cells) is the correct issue for artery disease (e.g. Ldl ≤700 nmol/l, HDL ≥45 µmol/l). Cholesterol ↓$, but misleading.
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