When referring to their "cholesterol" amount, generally speaking, are

[Southsideirish]

people referring to their total amount or just the "bad" cholesterol count. For example my "good" amount(HDL) is 190 but my "bad" (LDL) is 120 giving me a total of 310 which is considered not good but to me the 120 amount doesn't seem that bad.

[ewagner]

1. My understanding

is that newest guidelines are:

Total Cholesterol should be <160
HDL (good) >40
LDL (bad) <70

Are you using old measurements?

[Southsideirish]

2. I dunno about "new" and "old" measurements. These are my own counts.