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Statins in hypercholesterolaemia: a dose-specific meta-analysis of lipid changes in randomised, double blind trials
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Background: Statins alter lipid concentrations. This systematic review determined the efficacy of particular statins, in terms of their ability to alter cholesterol. Review methods: PubMed, the Cochrane Library, references lists of reports, and reviews were searched (September 2001) for randomised, double blind trials of statins for cholesterol in trials of 12 weeks or longer. Mean change in total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides was calculated using pooled dat...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- BioMed Central
- Journal:
- BMC Family Practice Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Article number:
- 18
- Publication date:
- 2003-12-01
- EISSN:
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1471-2296
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- English
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- ora:2234
- Deposit date:
- 2008-08-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Jayne E Edwards and R Andrew Moore
- Copyright date:
- 2003
- Notes:
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Citation: Edwards, J. E. & Moore, R. A. (2003). 'Statins in hypercholesterolaemia: A dose-specific meta-analysis of lipid changes in randomised, double blind trials', BMC Family Practice 2003, 4:18.
© 2003 Edwards and Moore; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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