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> increases mortality Implies a causal relationship. In reality, it's much more likely that causality points the other way, and an underlying disease like cancer is causing low cholesterol: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.cir.92.9.2396 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.cir.92.9.2396