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Why no figures for women?

The “norm” for women is absent 2A00:23C7:9603:5401:CC95:34FB:27DF:1942 (talk) 12:07, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there no section on history?

I feel like there could be more information on the history of how we discovered cholesterol and how we came to understand its role in the body. The small description of it feels notably incomplete compared to the length of the rest of the information. 2600:1700:8280:2260:80FD:B405:167D:8498 (talk) 06:53, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]