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What is a good cholesterol number and bad?
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Cholesterol: It depends. Current recommendations to treat are not based on a number, there based on risk factors (obesity, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, and family history).
Answered 2/17/2013
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Cholesterol: Goal of therapy is total cholesterol less than 200.
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