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Treatment with pravastatin 40 mg daily in 6595 men with hypercholesterolemia resulted in a significant reduction in the incidence of fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction and death from cardiovascular causes, without a difference in the deaths due to non-cardiovascular causes in a follow-up period of 4.9 years<ref name="pmid7566020">{{cite journal| author=Shepherd J, Cobbe SM, Ford I, Isles CG, Lorimer AR, MacFarlane PW et al.| title=Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolemia. West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1995 | volume= 333 | issue= 20 | pages= 1301-7 | pmid=7566020 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199511163332001 | pmc= | url= }} </ref>. | |||
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Click here to download slides for WOSCOPS.
Overview
Treatment with pravastatin 40 mg daily in 6595 men with hypercholesterolemia resulted in a significant reduction in the incidence of fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction and death from cardiovascular causes, without a difference in the deaths due to non-cardiovascular causes in a follow-up period of 4.9 years[1].
References
- ↑ Shepherd J, Cobbe SM, Ford I, Isles CG, Lorimer AR, MacFarlane PW; et al. (1995). "Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolemia. West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group". N Engl J Med. 333 (20): 1301–7. doi:10.1056/NEJM199511163332001. PMID 7566020.