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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.
The simple equation to find out the ratio is: HDL/Total Cholesterol or LDL/HDL. Whereas the normal levels of cholesterol ratios of LDL to HDL should be less than 2.5. And remember that this is the best indicator of risk of heart disease and stroke.ll the numbers and measures below are expressed in mg/dL. 1. Total Cholesterol Levels. 1  Total normal levels of cholesterol should be under 200. 2  200 to 239 is borderline high; and 240 and higher is considered high.