What Causes High Cholesterol Levels?

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22nd January 2006 : What Causes High Cholesterol Levels?

High Cholesterol levels can run in the family. If the inherited cholesterol levels are very high, this is called familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) or familial combined hyperlipidaemia (FCH) where the triglyceride levels are also high.

Levels can also be influenced by the part of the world you live in: cholesterol levels in northern European countries are higher than in southern Europe and much higher than in Asia.

It is known that the relationship to food is significant, but there is no doubt that genes also play a part. High cholesterol is also seen in connection with other diseases, such as reduced metabolism (due to thyroid hormone problems for example), kidney diseases, diabetes and alcohol abuse.