Targets

• General Blood Lipid Targets in Healthy People:

  • total cholesterol = less than 5 mmol/L
  • low density lipids = less than 3 mmol/L
  • high density lipids = more than 1 mmol/L for males, more than 1.2 mmol/L for females
  • triglycerides = less than 1.7 mmol/L
• New Lipid Target:

  • note that non-HDL cholesterol = total cholesterol - HDL cholesterol
  • apparently healthy/low to moderate risk:
  • LDL = less than 2.6 mmol/L
  • non-HDL = less than 3.4 mmol/L
  • high risk/people with diabetes without target organ damage (TOD):
  • LDL = less than 1.8 mmol/L
  • non-HDL = less than 2.6 mmol/L
  • very high risk/people with CAD/diabetes with TOD:
  • LDL = less than 1.4 mmol/L
  • non-HDL = less than 2.2 mmol/L