Classification, Evaluation, Assessment: Cholesterol Classifications: Total, LDL, HDL

NCEP ATP III Classification of Total Cholesterol, LDL-C, and HDL-C*

Value, mg/dL (mmol/L)
Total cholesterol < 200 (< 5.18) 200 - 239 (5.18 - 6.19) 240 ( 6.20) LDL-C < 100 (< 2.59) 100 - 129 (2.59 - 3.34) 130 - 159 (3.35 - 4.12) 160 - 189 (4.13 - 4.91) 190 ( 4.92) HDL-C < 40 (< 1.04) 60 ( 1.55) Low High Optimal Near or above optimal Borderline high High Very high Desirable Borderline high High

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Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NCEP ATP III, National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III. * Based on the National Cholesterol Education Program, Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III).1 Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:525-41. Copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Source: Consensus Statement of the African Americans Working Group of the ISHIB