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What do the results of a cholesterol test mean? How do patients interpret each value?

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Step-by-step explanation:

The body requires cholesterol for the proper functioning but if the level of cholesterol in the blood gets increase it may cause heart diseases, atherosclerosis, and stroke.

Cholesterol test results are used to know if the cholesterol levels in the patient blood are normal or not.

Cholesterol test used to determine the good cholesterol, bad cholesterol and fat types, triglycerides in the blood.

If the result is between 125-200mg/dl then it is normal and if the reading is 240 mg/dl then the cholesterol level is high whereas if it reading is less around 100mg/dl more less in that case cholesterol level is low.

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