I would wait for the retest before worrying about a second opinion. Have you had a CRP test for inflammation? Isn't there different kinds of HDL too? Maybe the retest should have an even more detailed lipid profile.
The good news is that it sounds like you don't have other risk factors. Given that I have all sorts of risks factors with my mother dying of a heart attack at 39, father of heart failure at 63 (neither smoked and were not obese), skinny brother with stent in his 30s, me with high BP, bad LDL and only half decent HDL though good triglycerides, I have been on statins and a baby aspirin for 20 years.
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