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- Title
MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20,536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
- Authors
Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group
- Abstract
Throughout the usual LDL cholesterol range in Western populations, lower blood concentrations are associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk. In such populations, therefore, reducing LDL cholesterol may reduce the development of vascular disease, largely irrespective of initial cholesterol concentrations.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2002, Vol 360, Issue 9326, p7
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09327-3