Key result
Diet, clinical history, and serum cholesterol correlate with spontaneous arterial disease in zoo animals.
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No clinical action warranted from zoo animal data; leaves open causal links between diet, cholesterol, and arterial disease in humans.
Finlayson et al. (1962) conducted an observational in Atherosclerosis. Dietetic and clinical history, and serum cholesterol was evaluated on Frequency of occurrence and comparative pathology of atherosclerosis. Post-mortem findings of spontaneous arterial disease in animals from the London Zoological Gardens were correlated with dietetic history, clinical history, and serum cholesterol.
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