The standard international normative values for HDL are different for males and females.
Within range HDL for males: 1.17 - 2.33 mmol.l-1 Within range HDL for females: 1,30 - 2,33 mmol.l-1.
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.