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How is Total Cholesterol Calculated?

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Your total cholesterol is a combination of your LDL and HDL. Add you LDL and HDL together. Then divide your triglyceride number by 5 and add that on top of your HDL and LDL. Total cholesterol, Voila!
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Total cholesterol is calculated by adding the 'bad' cholesterol number, LDL, and the 'good' cholesterol number, HDL, together. HDL stands for high-density lipoproteins and LDL stands for low-density lipoproteins. Once you have added those two numbers together you will need to divide your triglyceride level by five and add that number to the HDL and LDL levels.
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