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ShareCholesterol is a sterol and a lipid found in the cell membranes of all body tissues, and transported in the blood plasma of all animals.
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Cholesterol plays a central role in many biochemical processes, but is best known for the association of cardiovascular disease with various lipoprotein cholesterol transport patterns and high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
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