A member asked:

As a 21 year-old, should i be concerned with the following values? total cholesterol level=237 mg/dl ldl=162 mg/dl hdl=71 mg/dl triglyceride=96 mg/dl

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

No and yes: Lab tests always have to be interpreted in a context. If you told me that you were seeing all yellow and green it might seem puzzling. Oh, did I mention that I just got a new pair of yellow/green sun glasses or that a previous doc had raised my dose of digitalis (for heart failure). History is almost everything in medicine. 90% of diagnoses are made on the basis of hist and physical alone.

Answered 7/24/2018

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