James Sullivan, the drummer for the Huntington Beach rock band Avenged Sevenfold, died on Monday, according to Orange County authorities. The cause of death is still under investigation. Sullivan, 28, was found unresponsive inside his home.
High total cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol increases the ratio, and is undesirable. Conversely, high HDL cholesterol and low total cholesterol lowers the ratio, and is desirable. An average ratio would be about 4.5. Ideally we want to be better than average if we can. Thus the best ratio would be 2 or 3, or less than 4.
If lipid values are expressed as mmol/L (like in Canada and Europe); TG/HDL-C ratio less than 0.87 is ideal TG/HDL-C ratio above 1.74 is too high TG/HDL-C ratio above 2.62 is much too high. For years, measurements of blood cholesterol have been used to assess the risk of heart disease. We have been intensively educated about the role of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) , commonly nicknamed the bad cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) , often called the good cholesterol.