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8 Post author: NancyLebovitz 15 January 2013 04:06PM

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Comment author: dhoe 16 January 2013 10:13:52AM 1 point [-]

The conclusion of the authors of the Norwegian study sounds quite a bit weaker: "cholesterol emerged as an overestimated risk factor in our study, indicating that guideline information might be misleading, particularly for women with ‘moderately elevated’ cholesterol (...)".

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 16 January 2013 03:42:15PM 1 point [-]

Thanks. I've added a quote of the conclusion from the study and a comment that it doesn't match a chart from the study to my post.