As A 40-Year-Old Woman, Do I Have To Worry About High Cholesterol?

Noel Bairey-Merz, M.D., Medical Director and Endowed Chair, Women's Health Program, Preventive Cardiac and Women's Heart Centers, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
February 7, 2008

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Question: As a 40-year-old woman, do I have to worry about high cholesterol?

Dr. Merz answers the question: 'High Cholesterol For 40-Year-Old Woman?'

Answer: Certainly 40-year-old women need to worry about their cholesterol. Heart disease develops by growing plaque laying down like rings in the trees every year. So if we don't worry about cholesterol in our 40s, it's likely to catch up to us in our 50s, 60s, and 70s.

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