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    Jan 29, 2010, 12:33 PM
    High clolesterol levels
    My mother has high clolesterol levels, but her HDL and LDL levels always stay in the normal range. How can this be?
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    Jan 29, 2010, 12:50 PM

    Its because the HDL, LDL and triglyceride levels are all added together to come up with a cholesterol level, so it makes no difference how HDL and LDL appear separately.

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