When Randall Nottingham was just 18, he learned his bad cholesterol level was 500 milligrams per deciliter, quadruple the normal level.

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U.S. treatment guidelines now advocate getting LDL levels down to 100 milligrams per deciliter, 20% below levels that would be considered normal.

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Patients in the study had average bad cholesterol, or LDL, of 108 milligrams per deciliter, well below levels at which drug treatment is routinely recommended.

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In a nondiabetic person the glucose level goes down to normal, which is generally 80 to 110 milligrams per deciliter, in less than two hours.

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For patients at the highest risk of heart attack, the new guidelines suggest that "bad cholesterol, " or low-density lipoprotein (LDL), be reduced to 70 mg per deciliter--although the new guideline is optional.

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Clinton's exercise and diet routines in recent years were well known, but when he left office in early 2001 his cholesterol level was at 233 milligrams per deciliter, above the upper edge of normal, which is 200.

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Clinton's exercise and diet routines in recent years have been well-known, but when he left office in early 2001 his cholesterol level was at 233 milligrams per deciliter, above the upper edge of normal, which is 200.

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