Why there's no good or bad cholesterol

Well SupportedLDL particle size is a more predictive marker of cardiovascular risk than LDL cholesterol number alone.

Well SupportedHDL functionality, determined by its protein and phospholipid content, dictates its cardioprotective or detrimental effects on the artery wall, not its cholesterol cargo.

Well SupportedWhen discussing lipid metrics, one should refer to LDL cholesterol, not simply LDL, to avoid misidentification as a laboratory metric rather than a lipoprotein particle.

Partially SupportedThere is no such thing as 'good' or 'bad' cholesterol; the cholesterol molecule is identical in LDL and HDL.