Large Scale Cohort Study of the Relationship Between Serum Cholesterol Concentration and Coronary Events With Low-Dose Simvastatin Therapy in Japanese Patients With Hypercholesterolemia and Coronary Heart Disease. Secondary Prevention Cohort Study of the Japan Lipid Intervention Trial (J-LIT).
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Japanese Circulation Society in Circulation Journal
- Vol. 66 (12), 1096-1100
- https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.66.1096
Abstract
Hyperlipidemia is primarily implicated in the progression of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its treatment is essential for patients with a history of CHD. Statins such as simvastatin, the lipid-lowering agents, are well-known for their ability to normalize patient's serum lipid levels. The Japan Lipid Intervention Trial study of simvastatin is the first nationwide investigation of the relationship between serum lipid levels and the development of CHD in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia. Of 5,127 patients, exclusively with a history of documented CHD at enrollment, 4,673 were treated with open-labeled simvastatin at an initial dose of 5-10 mg/day and were monitored for 6 years. The risk of coronary events tended to be higher in patients with a serum total cholesterol (TC) ≥240 mg/dl compared with total cholesterol Circ J 2002; 66: 1096 - 1100)Keywords
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