[Mr Rogers]

Total cholesterol is not a useful predictor of much once one gets older.

"TC levels associated with the lowest mortality were 210–249 mg/dL in both sexes in all age groups, except for the youngest groups of men....The current cholesterol guidelines are heavily based on heart disease risk and recommend a TC range of <200 mg/dL as desirable. TC range <200 mg/dL, however, may not be necessarily a sign of good health when other diseases are considered."

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

Notice 200-260 is pretty much the flat spot. Even above 260 doesn't seem to raise the mortality rate much.

[Grampa Dave]

I had a stent put in a couple of years ago, and they did the lipid levels on me at age 80. I was below normal on all of the tests.

Based on that, my age of 82 now, this study and my relationship with the cardio and FP. I told them to forget about fat levels.

Apparently, the HMO is in a quasi no go/maybe go with the cholesterol B$.

Both of our mothers lived into their late 80’s and never turned down any bacon, steak, hamburgers or pizza and had high cholesterol levels. They told their doctors to forget statins as they were terrible drugs.