Exhibit 99.1

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



I, Warren E. Pinckert II, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly Report of Cholestech Corporation on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended September 27, 2002 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15d(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained
in such Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of Cholestech Corporation.

By:         /s/ Warren E. Pinckert II
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Name:      Warren E. Pinckert II
Title:     President and Chief Executive Officer


I, William W. Burke, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly
Report of Cholestech Corporation on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 27, 2002 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15d(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in
such Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition
and results of operations of Cholestech Corporation.

By          /s/  William W. Burke
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Name:      William W. Burke
Title:     Vice President of Finance and
           Chief Financial Officer