How
Might My Age and Gender Affect My Cholesterol
Level?
According
to study blood cholesterol starts increasing
after 20 years of age both in men as well
as in women.Then as we grow old it starts
decreasing and your risk for heart
disease increases.In men blood
cholesterol starts to decrease slightly
at the age of about 65. We can assume
, a 62-year-old man is 500 times more
likely than a 22-year-old guy to die of
heart disease in the next year.
Until
age 45, men tend to have higher total cholesterol
levels than women do, and women tend to
have higher HDL levels.
Heart experts say that men in their 40s
are four times more likely to die from heart
disease than are women the same age.
However,
as time goes on, the statistics for women
change. After menopause, a woman's
LDL level tends to go up, and her
HDL level goes down. Also, her risk of heart
disease continues to rise with age. After
menopause, women tend to have higher LDL
levels than do men of the same age.
