Your doctor has measured your overall cholesterol level, and ideally this should be less than 5.2, so 6.9 does seem quite high. However, the total cholesterol level is made up of 2 parts, the high ...

the risks of heart disease are calculated. As a rule of thumb, less than 5.2 is low, 5.2-6.5 is average, 6.5-7.8 is moderately high and greater than 7.8 is very high. Getting your cholesterol level to ...