A Group of Scientists Designed a Clinical Study to Investigate

question 81

Multiple Choice

A group of scientists designed a clinical study to investigate the effects of cholesterol deficiency in humans. For the duration of the 8-week study, the adult subjects must live in a special research unit of a hospital. The only food the subjects can consume is a man-made formula that contains all known nutrients, except cholesterol. Based on this information, you would expect

• A) none of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency during the entire study.
• B) about 20% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency within the first week of participating in the study.
• C) about 50% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency within the first week of the study.
• D) 100% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of cholesterol deficiency within the first 3 weeks of participating in the study.

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