How HDL & LDL cholesterol levels influence probability of CHD?
An individual with a cholesterol count of 250mg/dL or above is almost three times more prone to CHD than person with a count of 200mg/dL. The arterial plaques are usually made up of LDL-Cholesterol while HDL is supposed to decrease the LDL based plaques. So, people with higher HDL counts have lesser risk and hence high concentrations of HDL are desired. It has been reported that coronary heart diseases kill most men and women than any other disease.
