Unfortunately, high cholesterol doesn't cause symptoms. In later stages of atherosclerosis, though, you may suffer angina -- severe chest pain from lack of blood flow to the heart. If an artery gets totally blocked, a heart attack results. Low-density lipoproteins (LDL). 2  This is the bad cholesterol, the main cause of plaque build-up, which increases your risk for heart disease. 3  In general, the lower the number, the better. 4  But LDL cholesterol is only one part of a larger equation that measures a personâs overall risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
Depending on the species, catfish can live from eight to 20 years though the Mekong giant catfish lives more than 60 years. Almost 3,000 species of catfish have been catalogued throughout the world, but it is thought that as many as 4,500 exist. Continue Reading
Other fish that live longer include loaches, such as the Clown Loach and Weather Loach, which often life 10 to 15 years. Silver Dollar s and Pacus also live 10 years or more, and the ever popular Convict cichlid can live 20 years. Reference List. Here is a reference with the expected lifespan of popular aquarium fish.