I thought I might pick the hive brain with a random question, if you don't mind. Anyone heard of hypocholesterolemia (not hyper)?
I gave blood a few weeks ago and just got free cholesterol test results in the mail. It's not broken down by type, just the overall level. Mine is 141, and the material that came with the test result simply said that any level below 200 is "desirable." So I'm all proud of myself 141 is WAY below 200, but then I looked up more detailed information online and apparently anything below 160 is considered hypocholesterolemia, which I think just means that it's low enough to be considered clinically significant.
I tried looking up information but could find almost nothing. It's associated with things like autoimmune disorders (don't have one) and anemia (obviously don't have it if they let me give blood). I'm in my mid twenties and I consider myself healthy and fit.
Anyone know anything about this? Is it one of those things where young healthy people sometimes just have low cholesterol, or is it actually worth following up on?
I gave blood a few weeks ago and just got free cholesterol test results in the mail. It's not broken down by type, just the overall level. Mine is 141, and the material that came with the test result simply said that any level below 200 is "desirable." So I'm all proud of myself 141 is WAY below 200, but then I looked up more detailed information online and apparently anything below 160 is considered hypocholesterolemia, which I think just means that it's low enough to be considered clinically significant.
I tried looking up information but could find almost nothing. It's associated with things like autoimmune disorders (don't have one) and anemia (obviously don't have it if they let me give blood). I'm in my mid twenties and I consider myself healthy and fit.
Anyone know anything about this? Is it one of those things where young healthy people sometimes just have low cholesterol, or is it actually worth following up on?