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Clinical Trial
. 1996 Jan 1;77(1):83-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89140-0.

The efficacy and safety of pravastatin in patients aged 60 to 85 years with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol > 160 mg/dl

S P Glasser  1 , R DiBianco, B A Effron, F Faas, F W Germino, L E Shane, A H Unger, J E Staggers
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The efficacy and safety of pravastatin in patients aged 60 to 85 years with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol > 160 mg/dl

S P Glasser et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

This study demonstrated that pravastatin 20 mg once daily significantly lowered total cholesterol (by 19%) and LDL cholesterol by 25%.

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