Here is information on Tangiers disease:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier_disease
I think your HDL's would be much lower than you have.
Yours is in a common range. I once had my endo tell me his HDL which was 34--lower than yours. He was envious of my typically high reading.
At one time HDL was a huge factor, a good thing to have. But now there are details about this that cloud the issue:
This is called "dysfunctional HDL"....
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Is...olTurnsBad.asp
Testing at the doctor's office does not reveal which you have or how much of it yet.
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