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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (23685)4/22/2012 12:08:04 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
But its possible that high or low cholesterol (or HDL or LDL) causes deaths other than through vascular effects. As for deaths that are pretty random and clearly unrelated the idea would be to have a large enough and random enough sample that such deaths would tend to equalize in each group studied.



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (23685)4/22/2012 12:09:38 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
the objective of the review of data was to investigate vascular effects....

True, but that only tells part of the story. If you manage to avoid a negative vascular effect but in the process increase the effect of, say, diabetes or liver failure or cancer as a result...