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Figure 1 Total cholesterol levels for hunter-gatherers, wild primates, and wild mammals, generally range from about 70 to 140 mg/dl (corresponding to low-density lipoprotein levels of about 35 to 70 mg/dl [24,25]). The mean cholesterol levels of modern Westernized humans are almost twice these normal values (13).
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