A research conducted on 200,000 patients across Australia has shown that average cholesterol level rises after every five years of decline.

Researchers from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute say that the study of cholesterol level represents a setback for the efforts to reduce heart disease.

The records of patients whose cholesterol levels had been tested or managed by GPs between 2004 and 2009 were analyses by researchers. They have revealed that 55% of the patients had higher-than-desirable levels of bad cholesterol (LDL-C), and many of them failed to achieve the treatment targets.

The researchers believe that in order to attain the ideal cholesterol target levels, it is necessary for the GPs and patients to work together. So that they can consistently apply and monitor the desired results of proven treatment strategies.

The lead author of the study, Simon Stewart, has said that there is no systematic way of managing people with cholesterol and it has been revealed by the study.