Atherosclerosis is

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


Answer: C

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