[jeffbee]

170 would be in the lowest quartile for American adults, no? Seems like an unreasonable limit.

[stavros]

I'm in Greece, but it seems fairly unreasonable here as well. Other labs have the limit at 200 (it varies per lab), but 170 seems too low.

[myle]

Greeks tend to have higher "normal" cholesterol levels. In other labs I have seen in Greece, they write as the limit 200.

I know of someone with TC around 240 and the doctor didn't prescribe statins. Not a medical advice.