Elevated Cholesterol

[DoNotGetIt]

I got back my blood work results today:

Tryglyceride : 107
LDL : 107
HDL : 78
Cholesterol : 199

Why is my cholesterol so high?
I'm an East Indian, female and I'm 45. I'm an active person. I walk about 12 miles a week with a pace of 16 min/mile. I do wait training twice a week. and I'm a vegetarian.

Please advise.

[ScalpMassager]

Have your levels increased much from earlier measurements?  That could be a concern (as it suggests a worsening trend).  

Are you active (on your feet) much other than some 12 miles/week of walking and twice a week weight training?   If you're sedentary (not on your feet most of the time), that could be a major health risk (for heart reasons) despite exercising.  Your 'heart recovery rate' (at the two minute point, and/or the difference between your recovery rate at one and two minutes), from intense exercise (if your doctor's o.k. with that level of exertion for you) may be seen as a good predictor of your cardiovascular survival likelihood.

Our total amount of body fat can directly influence our cholesterol levels in our blood.  I know for myself, that bringing my weight down (as seen by my 'BMI') from mid-range healthy to a low-normal healthy BMI made a large difference in my own chloresterol measurements (it brought them from just o.k., to the optimal range).

199 is (just, [ mayoclinic.org] ) within the desireable range (it's not 200 or higher so is not considered unhealthy -- but I'd nonetheless interpret it as having room for improvement)

107 for LDL seems a o.k. (unless you have heart disease, in which case aiming for lower is usually recommended) Personally, I'd not wait for heart disease to eventually be diagnosed but would aim for the lower level guideline used by those coping with heart disease (under 100 LDL).

78 HDL is very good (offsets the 107 LDL)

You've not mentioned your triglycerides' measurement.

[Occupant]

meant "to me" not "for me"

[Occupant]

Looks perfectly normal for me.