Ratha Grimes wrote: >cholesterol has just been found at 279 (which is What is the breakdown? That total is a combination of good and bad cholesterol. Maybe your HDL, the good one, is over 100, which may give you acceptable ratios. If a breakdown was not ordered as part of the testing have the doctor do it again. And be sure to fast for 12 hours (you did this time didn't you?). Don.