Start worrying about cholesterol in your 30s, study suggests

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – People with even moderately high cholesterol levels in their 30s and 40s are more likely to have heart disease later in life, according to a new study. “What we found is that people with prolonged exposure to high cholesterol levels are at a much higher risk of cardiovascular events than people without that exposure,” said Michael Pencina, the study’s senior author from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. “Many of these people would not be candidates for treatment using the new guidelines,” he said. “They may fall through the cracks.” In 2013, the AHA and ACC issued new guidelines that said exercise and a healthy diet are the most important steps for preventing high cholesterol.



via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://ift.tt/1CenztM