[stavros]

Here's the hazard graph for total cholesterol:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38461-y/figures/2

230 mg/dL is associated with the lowest mortality, and anything below or above that increases mortality.

[sooheon]

> increases mortality

Implies a causal relationship. In reality, it's much more likely that causality points the other way, and an underlying disease like cancer is causing low cholesterol: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.cir.92.9.2396

[stavros]

That's interesting, thank you.

[tails4e]

Is it correct that 230 mg/dl is 5.6mmol/l? We've always been told that we must keep the number below 5 at all costs for health, but this seems to be as bad as being above 6.3. Am I reading this correctly? If so, current medical advice is way off.