{"id":39,"date":"2009-02-24T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T18:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/caratpiii\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T21:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:02:47","slug":"caratpiii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/caratpiii\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP III Classification of LDL, Total, HDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ATP III Classification of LDL, Total, HDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides (mg\/dL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 432px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"128*\" \/>\n<col width=\"128*\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"TOP\" width=\"100%\"><b>LDL Cholesterol <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px;\" valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 120px;\" width=\"50%\">&lt;100<br \/>\n100-129<br \/>\n130-159<br \/>\n160-189<br \/>\n&gt;\/=190<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 120px;\" width=\"50%\">Optimal<br \/>\nNear optimal\/above optimal<br \/>\nBorderline high<br \/>\nHigh<br \/>\nVery high<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"TOP\" width=\"100%\"><b>Total Cholesterol <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\" valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 72px;\" width=\"50%\">&lt;200<br \/>\n200-239<br \/>\n&gt;\/=240<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 72px;\" width=\"50%\">Desirable<br \/>\nBorderline high<br \/>\nHigh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"TOP\" width=\"100%\"><b>HDL Cholesterol <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\" valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 48px;\" width=\"50%\">&lt;40<br \/>\n&gt;\/=60<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 48px;\" width=\"50%\">Low<br \/>\nHigh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"TOP\" width=\"100%\"><b>Triglycerides <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\" valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 96px;\" width=\"50%\">&lt;150<br \/>\n150-199<br \/>\n200-499<br \/>\n&gt;500<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.1cm 0.1cm; text-align: center; height: 96px;\" width=\"50%\">Optimal<br \/>\nBorderline high<br \/>\nHigh<br \/>\nVery high<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Merz CN, Brewer HB Jr, Clark LT, Hunninghake DB, Pasternak RC, Smith SC Jr, Stone NJ; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American College of Cardiology Foundation; American Heart Association. Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Circulation. 2004 Jul 13;110(2):227-39.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15249516\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) final report. Circulation. 2002 Dec 17;106(25):3143-421.<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12485966\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol In Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA. 2001 May 16;285(19):2486-97.<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/11368702\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created: Mar 1, 2005<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[850,1348,846,166,167,209,211,1877,733,1876,392,1875,1874,1878],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-endocrinology-and-metabolism","tag-atp","tag-cardiology","tag-cholesterol","tag-clasificacion","tag-classification","tag-colesterol","tag-diabetes","tag-hdl","tag-iii","tag-ldl","tag-nutrition","tag-total","tag-trigliceridos","tag-triglycerides"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9382,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/9382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}