A Group of Scientists Designed a Clinical Study to Investigate

Multiple Choice

A group of scientists designed a clinical study to investigate the effects of cholesterol deficiency in humans. For the duration of the 8-week study, the adult subjects must live in a special research unit of a hospital. The only food the subjects can consume is a man-made formula that contains all known nutrients, except cholesterol. Based on this information, you would expect

A) none of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency during the entire study.
B) about 20% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency within the first week of participating in the study.
C) about 50% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency within the first week of the study.
D) 100% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of cholesterol deficiency within the first 3 weeks of participating in the study.