Lipid profile
What are risk factors (in addition to high LDL) for coronary heart disease?
- Low HDL cholesterol (less than 1.0 mmol/L)
- Age (45 or older)
- Family history of early heart disease (first degree relative affected before age 60)
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Obesity/overweight
- Physical inactivity
- Diabetes
- Chronic renal failure
