If HDL ratio decreases in one's blood, will he get into any heart diseases like heart attack?
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HDL called good cholesterol should be more than 40mg/dL to protect your heart from heart attack. Clonazepam and Setraline usually do not affect it but the inactivity due to those can lead to reduction in HDL level.
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Dear lybrateuser, -The HDL cholesterol is known as the good cholesterol as it helps to decrease the total & LDL(bad cholesterol) in the blood, therefore a value below 40mg% in males is a risk factor, its protective value against heart disease is optimum when its level is 60mg%, -HDL cholesterol is one of the major factors having effect on heart disease others being age, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, dietary habits, stress, whether sedentary habit or active, hereditary factor, smoking habits, sleep pattern, the overall assessment including the mentioned parameters gives to some extent your risk of coronary artery disease & thereby risk of a heart attack -to increase HDL avoid smoking , alcohol intake, do more exercises.
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