@mayconnectuser1

Pretty sure, yes. I also remember an allergist I saw some 5 years back commenting on my high HDL -- I think it was around 95 at the time -- and saying I would live a long time. (Jury still out on that!)

In my cursory reading on this issue, I've read that higher is generally better, but you don't want to be TOO high...

Also, for what's it worth, almost all my cholesterol readings over recent years, perhaps a half dozen or more, were done as part of a standard blood test, with no fasting or anything before, which I thought one was supposed to do. (Though in practice, a few were done on nothing more than coffee with a dash of heavy cream on the morning of the test.)