“…Age of participants were reported in all but one study 30 as either median or mean age and this ranged from 34 to 75. Twenty eight of the studies assessed serum total cholesterol on day of admission to critical care, 17 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 twenty two assessed HDL cholesterol 17 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 and 20 assessed LDL cholesterol. 17 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 41 , 43 , 45 …”