Journal article
Vascular viewpoint
Abstract
Question: To determine by how much statins reduce serum concentrations of low density lipo-protein (LDL) cholesterol according to drug, dose, and duration of treatment. Population: Patients included in randomized, placebo-controlled trials of six statins (atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin). Design and methods: Meta analysis of 164 short-term, randomized trials including 24 000 drug-treated and 14000 …
Authors
Anand SS
Journal
Vascular Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 289–290
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
November 2003
DOI
10.1191/1358863x03vm518xx
ISSN
1358-863X