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Air Force Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study

Introduction

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Overview

Overview

Lovastatin 20-40 mg daily (in addition to low-saturated ad low-colesterol diet) reduced the incidence of first major acute cardiovascular event (MACE) during a follow-up of 5.2 years, in this study involving 5608 men and 997 women with average total cholesterol and LDL levels and low HDL levels[1].

References

References

  1. ↑ Downs JR, Clearfield M, Weis S, Whitney E, Shapiro DR, Beere PA; et al. (1998). “Primary prevention of acute coronary events with lovastatin in men and women with average cholesterol levels: results of AFCAPS/TexCAPS. Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study”. JAMA. 279 (20): 1615–22. PMID 9613910.

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