Thursday, May 8, 2008

range of cholesterol, BP and Blood sugar levels...

CHOLESTEROL:
For a normal healthy individual cholesterol should be lower than 5.5, and for patients who exhibit risks of heart disease (i.e overweight patients or family history of heart disease) level of cholesterol should be lower than 4.

BLOOD PRESSURE:
The standard blood pressure is 120/80 with a range of +/- 10. Fit people usually have a lower blood pressure. Older people generally have a higher blood pressure because they lose elasticity of the blood vessels.

BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS:
Fasting blood sugar levels for normal healthy people should be lower than 6-7. Generally after eating blood sugar levels are higher.

Reference: Oxford Dictionary of Clinical Medicine

Monica

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