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The levels of unesterified methyl sterols and free and esterified lathosterol, but not those of squalene and desmosterol, were increased in proportion to the level of cholesterol synthesis, as measured with the sterol balance technique. Serum esterified methyl sterol concentrations were also slightly higher but, unlike free methyl sterols or lathosterol, they were not significantly correlated with cholesterol synthesis. The gluten free diet decreased the level of cholesterol synthesis, and the levels of lathosterol and free methyl sterols. There was less decrease in the concentration of esterified methyl sterols, and an insignificant decrease in the concentrations of squalene and desmosterol. Cholestyramine lowered the serum cholesterol concentration and increased that of serum free methyl sterols less in the patients than in the controls, and the increase was proportionate to increase of cholesterol elimination (or synthesis). The increase of serum free methyl sterols per unit of the increase of cholesterol elimination (or synthesis) was three times higher in the bile acid malabsorption caused by cholestyramine than in the cholesterol malabsorption caused by gluten enteropathy. On the other hand, the decrease in the level of serum cholesterol relative to the increase in cholesterol elimination (or synthesis) was higher in cholesterol malabsorption due to coeliac disease than in cholestyramine induced bile acid malabsorption. 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