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'''Click [[xxx|here]] to download slides for AFCAPS/TexCAPS.''' | '''Click [[xxx|here]] to download slides for AFCAPS/TexCAPS.''' | ||
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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<ref name="pmid9613910">{{cite journal| author=Downs JR, Clearfield M, Weis S, Whitney E, Shapiro DR, Beere PA et al.| title=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. | journal=JAMA | year= 1998 | volume= 279 | issue= 20 | pages= 1615-22 | pmid=9613910 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9613910 }} </ref>. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Click here to download slides for AFCAPS/TexCAPS.
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
- ↑ 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.