How To Think About High Cholesterol

Cholesterol isn't the only risk factor for heart disease but it's a crucial one.

Most guidelines assessing cardiovascular risk use a ten-year time frame to estimate the risk of a heart attack or death. This level of risk then defines who should receive cholesterol-lowering therapy.

This risk of heart attack or death is, of course, what patients understandably worry about the most. They worry much less about whether they have high ch…