Table 1.

Serum Sterols in a Patient With Sitosterolemia and Cirrhosis, the Proband's Family, and Healthy Controls

Time/source	Cholesterol (mmol/L)	Sitosterol (μmol/L)	Campesterol (μmol/L)	Squalene (μmol/L)	Lathosterol (μmol/L)
Proband preoperation	3.5	310.9	215.9	4.6	1.9
Proband postoperation	4.6	21.6	37	1.7	5.4
VLDL preoperation	0.3	17.5	15.5	0.7	0.3
VLDL postoperation	0.3	0.8	2	0.5	0.5
LDL preoperation	1.7	156.4	108.3	1.1	0.9
LDL postoperation	2.5	11.3	20.3	0.5	3.1
HDL preoperation	0.6	56.5	37.2	0.6	0.5
HDL postoperation	1.2	6.1	9.5	0.4	1.2
Father	7	15.5	34.7	4.7	6.7
Mother	5.8	7.4	13	4.3	8
Brother	3.9	5	7.9	2.6	7.6
Healthy controls	6.5	5.8	9	—	3.7

NOTE. Conversion factors: Cholesterol (mmol/L), multiply by 38.7 for mg/dL; sitosterol (μmol/L), multiply by 41.5 for μg/dL; campesterol (μmol/L), multiply by 40 for μg/dL; squalene (μmol/L), multiply by 41.1 for μg/dL; lathosterol (μmol/L), multiply by 38.6 for μg/dL.