Multiple Choice
Atherosclerosis is
A) the major cause of heart attacks.
B) a thinning in the walls of arteries.
C) associated with low blood levels of cholesterol and heavy exercise.
D) a disease in which the walls of arteries become more compliant.
E) more common in younger people than in older people.
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