Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Is hypercholesterolaemia associated with early atherosclerotic lesions in primary biliary cirrhosis?
Answer: Hypercholesterolaemia is not consistently associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in PBC, but should be treated if other risk factors for cardiovascular disease are also present. The search for factors that may protect patients with hypercholesterolaemic PBC against atherosclerosis should be encouraged.
Output (English): no