| A 34 year old marathon runner, George, visits his doctor complaining of a painful Achilles tendon. George’s brother has just been admitted to hospital with a heart attack. His doctor sends George to the well-man clinic and the resulting lipid profile is as follows:
Cholesterol: 8.7 mmol/l, Triglycerides: 1.8 mmol/l,
HDL cholesterol: 1.1mmol/l, LDL cholesterol: 7.24 mmol/l |