Cholesterol, Primary and Secondary Prevention, and All-Cause Mortality

Helsinki Heart Study: Primary-Prevention Trial with Gemfibrozil in Middle-Aged Men with Dyslipidemia

1987 • 3,889 citations

The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial Results

1984 • 2,673 citations

Regression of Coronary Artery Disease as a Result of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Men with High Levels of Apolipoprotein B

1990 • 2,192 citations

Fifteen year mortality in Coronary Drug Project patients: Long-term benefit with niacin

1986 • 1,857 citations

Beneficial Effects of Combined Colestipol-Niacin Therapy on Coronary Atherosclerosis and Coronary Venous Bypass Grafts

1987 • 1,651 citations

The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial Results

1984 • 1,373 citations

Effect of Partial Ileal Bypass Surgery on Mortality and Morbidity from Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia

1990 • 999 citations

Lowering cholesterol concentrations and mortality: a quantitative review of primary prevention trials.

1990 • 971 citations

Lipid Alterations and Decline in the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease in the Helsinki Heart Study

1988 • 946 citations

Ten-Year Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to Cholesterol Level among Men with and without Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease

1990 • 834 citations

Reduction of Mortality in the Stockholm Ischaemic Heart Disease Secondary Prevention Study by Combined Treatment with Clofibrate and Nicotinic Acid

1988 • 693 citations

The cholesterol facts. A summary of the evidence relating dietary fats, serum cholesterol, and coronary heart disease. A joint statement by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Task Force on Cholesterol Issues, American Heart Association.

1990 • 568 citations

The Value of Lowering Cholesterol after Myocardial Infarction

1990 • 427 citations

Overview of results of randomized clinical trials in heart disease. II. Unstable angina, heart failure, primary prevention with aspirin, and risk factor modification

1988 • 267 citations

An analysis of randomized trials evaluating the effect of cholesterol reduction on total mortality and coronary heart disease incidence.

1990 • 247 citations

INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN MEN ON A DIET HIGH IN POLYUNSATURATED FAT

1971 • 218 citations

Overview of Results of Randomized Clinical Trials in Heart Disease

1988 • 182 citations

Oslo study diet and antismoking trial: Results after 102 months

1986 • 148 citations

Treating Hypercholesterolemia

1989 • 113 citations

Deaths due to Accidents and Violence in Two Recent Trials of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs

1990 • 88 citations