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To calculate your cholesterol ratio, divide your high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or good) cholesterol number into your total cholesterol number. An optimal ratio is less than 3.5-to-1. A higher ratio means a higher risk of heart disease. Non-HDL cholesterol, as its name implies, simply subtracts your HDL cholesterol number from your total cholesterol number. So it contains all the bad types of cholesterol.
1 LDL/HDL: this compares the level of LDL cholesterol (bad) to HDL cholesterol (good) in the body. 2  It is recommended that an average individual should maintain 2.5:1, and it is recommended to maintain a ratio below 3.5:1.