Non-HDL Cholesterol Calculator

Non-HDL cholesterol is total cholesterol minus HDL, and it counts every cholesterol-carrying particle that can build up in an artery wall rather than LDL alone. Enter the total and HDL figures from your lipid panel in either mg/dL or mmol/L and the tool returns the non-HDL value, the reference band it falls in and, if you pick a risk group, the published goal for that group. An optional LDL figure splits out remnant cholesterol, the part of non-HDL that is not LDL. Because nothing is estimated, the result stays valid when triglycerides are high and needs no fasting sample. It reads a lab report; it is not a diagnosis and not advice about treatment.