What do your Apolipoprotein A-1 levels mean?
The short answer
Nobody we follow has said what your Apolipoprotein A-1 should be. It comes up on the shows, but never with a number.
Your lab prints 101–199 mg/dL. That range exists to catch disease, not to describe your best.
Labs print different ranges by sex: about 101–199 mg/dL for women and 94–178 for men.
What Apolipoprotein A-1 measures
The main protein on HDL particles — the ones that carry cholesterol away from artery walls.
It counts those particles, not the cholesterol they carry.
Common questions
What is a normal Apolipoprotein A-1 level?
Most US labs print 101–199 mg/dL. Your report grades you against that range. It exists to catch disease, not to describe your best. Labs print different ranges by sex: about 101–199 mg/dL for women and 94–178 for men.
What does your Apolipoprotein A-1 number mean?
Under 101 mg/dL, your report marks it low. Between 101 and 199 it prints as normal. Over 199, your report marks it high. Nobody we follow has drawn a line inside that range. Labs print different ranges by sex: about 101–199 mg/dL for women and 94–178 for men.
What does the Apolipoprotein A-1 test measure?
The main protein on HDL particles — the ones that carry cholesterol away from artery walls. It counts those particles, not the cholesterol they carry.
Why is there no target here?
Because nobody we follow has named a number for Apolipoprotein A-1. If that changes, it will be here.