“…4774, B55424, B56968, and 73340), 3 were suffering from severe malnutrition, 1 died soon afterwards with advanced hepatic insufficiency, 1 had active pulmonary tuberculosis, and 1 was without obvious complications. Both malnutrition and advanced hepatic insufficiency are known to be associated with depression of the serum cholesterol (23,24,25). Hypercholesterolemia is not, therefore, an obligatory accompaniment of hypothyroidism, and, in the presence of nutritional deficiency or advanced liver disease, the serum cholesterol level may be normal or even exceedingly low (73340).…”