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- Title
Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins.
- Authors
Baigent, C; Keech, A; Kearney, P M; Blackwell, L; Buck, G; Pollicino, C; Kirby, A; Sourjina, T; Peto, R; Collins, R; Simes, R; Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaborators
- Abstract
Results of previous randomised trials have shown that interventions that lower LDL cholesterol concentrations can significantly reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and other major vascular events in a wide range of individuals. But each separate trial has limited power to assess particular outcomes or particular categories of participant.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2005, Vol 366, Issue 9493, p1267
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67394-1