hormonal and metabolic disorders
Overview of Cholesterol and Lipid Disorders
Complications of abnormal lipid levels
Abnormally high levels of certain lipids (especially cholesterol) can lead to long-term problems, such as Atherosclerosis . Generally, a high total cholesterol level (which includes LDL-C, HDL-C, and VLDL-C), particularly a high level of LDL (the "bad") cholesterol, increases the risk of atherosclerosis and thus the risk of The effect of triglyceride levels on the risk of heart attack is less clear-cut. But very high levels of triglycerides (higher than 500 milligrams per deciliter of blood, or mg/dL [5.65 mmol/L) can increase the risk of Overview of Pancreatitis . 