Cholesterol Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

BACKGROUND: Previous trials have shown that the use of statins to lower cholesterol reduces the risk of cardiovascular events among persons without cardiovascular disease. Those trials have involved persons with elevated lipid levels or inflammatory markers and involved mainly white persons. It is u...

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Main Authors: Yusuf, S., Bosch, J., Dagenais, G., Zhu, J., Xavier, D., Liu, L., Pais, P., López-Jaramillo, P., Leiter, L., Dans, A., Avezum, A., Piegas, L., Parkhomenko, A., Keltai, K., Keltai, M., Sliwa, K., Peters, R., Held, C., Chazova, I., Yusoff, K., Lewis, B., Jansky, P., Khunti, K., Toff, W., Reid, Christopher, Varigos, J., Sanchez-Vallejo, G., McKelvie, R., Pogue, J., Jung, H., Gao, P., Diaz, R., Lonn, E., HOPE-3 Investigators
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43274