Young Adults Not Getting Necessary Cholesterol Screening

High cholesterol levels can lead to a number of serious health ailments that can leave a sufferer disabled and unable to work. When this happens, long-term disability benefits may be necessary to help address monthly financial needs.

Even though high cholesterol is a common problem among people of all ages in the United States, young adults are not getting necessary cholesterol screening. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that less than half of young adults in the United States get proper screening for cholesterol.

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is referred to as bad cholesterol. It occurs in 7 to 26% of young adults. Elevated LDL-C can lead to heart disease. Despite the health risks involved in LDL-C, not enough young adults are getting screened for it.

Anyone who is at an increased risk of coronary heart disease should be screened. This includes people who have any one of these risk factors:

• smoking;
• obesity;
• family history of heart disease; and
• high blood pressure.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, which drives home the need for adults of every age to have their cholesterol screened.

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