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Low Cholesterol Can Be Dangerous

Those individuals with a low serum cholesterol maintained over a 20-year period will have the worse outlook for all-cause mortality.[1]

A total cholesterol level below 120 mg/dL is considered low.

1. Schatz, Irwin J., et al. “Cholesterol and all-cause Mortality in Elderly People from the Honolulu Heart Program: a Cohort Study,” The Lancet 358.9279 (2001): 351-355

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