And I know someone who died at over 95 with a cholesterol of over 350. For years worth of blood work.
Same was true of my mother who died at 96 and had horrible high BP......cholesterol off the chart..........
OTOH, my heathy doc, in his 60’s, no high BP or cholesterol not an ounce overweight says he so believes in statins he’s starting them soon.
I’m on Lipitor, provided good cholesterol, after having aortic valve replacement (bi-cuspid valve from birth) and triple bypass while they were doing the valve even tho I was a distance runner for most of my adult life until 69 when arthritis under my kneecaps (knees are fine) stopped my running.
Who knows? Arteriosclerosis is from inflammation of the arteries - not high cholesterol, and the inflammation is from sugars, including carbohydrates.......