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Data from Germany and the United States advance knowledge in heart disease research
Published in Managed Care Law Weekly, November 12th, 2006
Study 1: The associations among low density lipoprotein cholesterol, statins, and cardiovascular events are examined in a meta-analysis published in a recent issue of Clinical Research in Cardiology.
According to the analysis from Austria, "A recent meta-analysis of the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaboration comes to the clear conclusion that a reduction in LDL-C using statins of 1 mmol/l (39 mg/dl) leads to a decrease in overall mortality by 12%, in coronary mortality by 19% and in the incidence of strokes by 17%, independent of the LDL-C...
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