Less than 150 mg dl is considered normal while 200 to 499 mg dl is considered high.
Standard hdl levels.
As it does it removes harmful bad cholesterol from where it doesn t belong.
Hdl cholesterol is the well behaved good cholesterol this friendly scavenger cruises the bloodstream.
Less than 200 but the lower the better ideal is 60 or higher.
Total cholesterol hdl cholesterol ldl cholesterol triglycerides.
Typically people with high levels of triglycerides also have high total cholesterol high ldl and low hdl.
The test for high density lipoprotein cholesterol hdl c is used as part of a lipid panel to screen for unhealthy levels of lipids and to determine your risk of developing heart disease and help make decisions about what treatment to use if you have borderline risk intermediate risk or high risk.