It's more than HDL-LDL. It's type of the cholesterol and so forth. Additionally, it makes a difference whether the body is producing the cholesterol or if it's diet intake. There are a number of tests that are more informative than the one you recently did. However, even these more thorough tests are pictures-in-time types instead of a solid grasp on what your body is actually dealing with. Cholesterol issues in the US are overblown bull[Mark May] (in my IMO) much of the time, because physicians aren't taking the time to actually determine IF there's an issue or not. Furthermore, these cholesterol meds are not selective. They don't just reduce "bad" cholesterol. They reduce all cholesterol. Anyway... I'll jump off the soapbox now.
Edit: here's a link to a "cholesterol" search on
www.marksdailyapple.com. I'm providing the search link, because there are a number of articles/postings that will help you gain a better understanding of what I'm trying to explain above.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sear...-fp2c7jek&cof=FORID:11&ie=UTF-8&q=cholesterol