Todd Moody wrote:
>Total cholesterol below 140 is statistically associated with a
>higher death rate from things such as violence and suicide.
>There is, however, nothing to indicate that the low cholesterol
>plays a causal role in these deaths.  Unusually low cholesterol
>can also be a sign of cancer.  [...]

Thank you for the information, Todd.  Perhaps it would be reasonable to
hypothesize that high cholesterol indicates a high degree of stress, and
that low cholesterol indicates either (1) low stress, or (2) the suppression
or exhaustion of the body's mechanisms for coping with stress.

Cheers,
-- Aaron Wieland