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Is 6.5 a high risk for cholesterol?
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Likely: You are probably referring to ratio of total cholesterol to HDL and it should be below 5. For more information in this topic please check out this site. http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/finding-the-ideal-cholesterol-ratio.
Answered 6/10/2014
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