Table 4.
The number of occurrences of a particular claim category within the cholesterol and statins subset of sentences.
| Claim category | Number of occurrences | Is related claim factually incorrect? | Is category based on the content or on the form? |
| Miscellaneous | 95 | N/Aa | Form |
| (stat) Side effects | 43 | Yes | Content |
| (chol) Not an indicator of CVDb risk | 25 | Yes | Content |
| Diet as good as drugs | 22 | Yes | Form |
| (chol) Too low is harmful | 18 | Yes | Content |
| Lifestyle changes are enough | 15 | Yes | Content |
| Big pharma | 14 | Yes | Content |
| Inflammation theory | 14 | Yes | Content |
| (stat) Cause diabetes | 13 | Yes | Content |
| (stat) Not needed | 10 | Yes | Content |
| (chol) Makes cells and protects nerves | 8 | No | Content |
| (stat) Not effective | 7 | Yes | Content |
| (stat) Prescription based solely on (chol) level | 7 | Yes | Content |
| Detailed data | 7 | N/A | Form |
| (stat) Cause cognitive impairment | 6 | Yes | Content |
| (stat) Not studied enough | 6 | Yes | Content |
| High HDLc neutralizes high LDLd | 6 | No | Content |
| Harmful CoQ10e loss | 4 | Yes | Content |
| (chol) Consumption not an issue | 3 | Yes | Content |
| Lifestyle versus statins | 2 | Yes | Content |
| No liver function monitoring | 2 | Yes | Content |
aN/A: not applicable.
bCVD: cardiovascular disease.
cHDL: high-density lipoprotein.
dLDL: low-density lipoprotein.
eCoQ10: Coenzyme Q10.