My cholesterol is 263, do i have to worry?

Not necessarily: The lipid profile is complex. Your cholesterol/hdl ratio should be between 3 and 5 and your triglycerides (more important than cholesterol) should be about half that of cholesterol. Cholesterol takes part in arterial disease but yudkin blamed sugar as the most important cause of heart disease and triglyceride level marks the sugar intake.

Depends on Particles: Both labs and risk factors are important in knowing cardiovascular (cvd) risk. More than cholesterol, cvd is related to the number of LDL (ldl-p) and HDL particles (hdl-p). Because cholesterol in LDL and HDL particles is highly variable cholesterol levels often disagree with particle number. When cholesterol and particle number disagree cvd risk tracks with ldl-p and hdl-p, not ldl-c or hdl-c.