What do cholesterol levels mean?

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In the UK, you will get a free NHS cholesterol test if any of the following applies to you, as they make high cholesterol more likely:

This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/features/heart-health/understanding-your-cholesterol-levels
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I have my results. I have 6 results. You show 5. I have 1: serum Chol, 2: serum HDL, 3: se non HDL, 4: serum chol/HDL ratio, 5: serum triglycerides and 6: serum LDL. I don’t see TC. This is from the NHS app. Can you help?

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Hi Mick,

TC stands for Total Cholesterol which reads in your report as 1. Serum Cholesterol. (The report has omitted the word ‘total’).

The article has also listed 6. Though it has 5 headings, Non HDL Cholesterol is listed briefly under LDL Cholesterol.

Does that clarify your query adequately?

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Thank you.

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No mention of QRISK score, my levels are6 but qrisk less than ten