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Low HDL:
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Alcohol raises HDL cholesterol but is not routinely recommended as a therapy because of its many other adverse effects.
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Elevated High-Density Lipoprotein Levels
Elevated high-density lipoprotein (HDL) level is HDL cholesterol > 80 mg/dL (> 2.1 mmol/L).
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Primary causes are single or multiple genetic mutations that result in overproduction or decreased clearance of HDL. Secondary causes of high HDL cholesterol include all of the following:
Chronic alcoholism without cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Hyperthyroidism
Drugs (eg, corticosteroids, insulin, phenytoin)
The unexpected finding of high HDL cholesterol in patients not taking lipid-lowering drugs should prompt a diagnostic evaluation for a secondary cause with measurements of AST, ALT, and thyroid-stimulating hormone; a negative evaluation suggests a possible primary cause.
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