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High cholesterol is caused by a combination of factors. High cholesterol levels are due to a variety of factors including heredity, diet, and lifestyle. Less commonly, underlying illnesses affecting the liver, thyroid, or kidney may affect blood cholesterol levels. Your genes may predict high cholesterol. You can inhertit a form of high cholesterol that can lead to early heart disease knwon as familial hypercholerterolemia. Excess weight may also increase you LDL cholesterol (bad). Learn more of the causes from EMedicineHealth.com: Causes of High Cholesterol.

High cholesterol itself does not cause symptoms. However, as mentioned it is a leading cause to serious conditions like heart disease and heart attack. Therefore it is recommended by the National Cholesterol Education Program that after the age of 20 everyone should get their blood cholesterol levels check every five years.

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