The standard international normative values for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) are different for males and females. This is because research has found that there are marked gender differences in health risk with increasing age. Men have lower cardio protective benefits when compared to women of the same age. However, with increasing age this gender difference disappears, at which point the incidence of cardiovascular disease becomes a primary cause of mortality and morbidity in males and females.
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- Can I do single health assessment measurements at the health professional?
- Why was body fat percentage added as a metric?
- Why is my blood pressure tested in the health assessment?
- Why do you test my total cholesterol?
- Why does cholesterol form part of the Healthy Heart Score?
- Will my HDL be tested?
- Will a low HDL reading influence my Healthy Heart Score?
- What if I'm not satisfied with the HDL reading?
- Why is glucose assessed?
- Will my HbA1c result be used?