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Examen de colesterol - Results

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Examen de colesterol total

Valores normales:

El colesterol total es una medida importante tanto del colesterol malo como del bueno. Se hacen otros exámenes de laboratorio para medir las cantidades específicas del colesterol bueno (HDL) y del colesterol malo (LDL). Es preferible un análisis del colesterol, incluyendo LDL y HDL, bajo ciertas circunstancias.

Los valores del colesterol total que aparecen a continuación se utilizan para elegir la terapia:

Deseable: por debajo de 200 miligramos por decilitro (mg/dL)
Intermedio alto: 200 a 239 mg/dL
Alto riesgo: 240 mg/dL y superior

Significado de los resultados anormales:

En general, un valor de colesterol total por encima de 200 mg/dL puede significar que usted está en mayor riesgo de sufrir una cardiopatía. Sin embargo, los niveles de LDL son una mejor manera de predecir la cardiopatía y determinan cómo se debe tratar el colesterol alto.

Los niveles altos de colesterol total pueden ser causados por:

Los niveles bajos de colesterol puede ser causados por:

Hipertiroidismo
Enfermedad hepática
Malabsorción (absorción inadecuada de nutrientes desde el tracto intestinal)
Desnutrición
Anemia perniciosa
Sepsis

Examen de sangre

Productores de colesterol

Reviewed last on: 6/23/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. Executive summary of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) expert panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA. 2001;285:2486-2497. Updated 2004.

Semenkovich CF. Disorders of lipid metabolism. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 217.

U. S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for lipid disorders in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); 2008 Jun.

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