Cost and health implications of cholesterol lowering.

Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease *1Part 1, prolonged differences in blood pressure: prospective observational studies corrected for the regression dilution bias

1990 • 4,310 citations

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

Measurement of health state utilities for economic appraisal

1986 • 2,200 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

The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial Results

1984 • 1,373 citations

SERUM CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND MORTALITY: IMPLICATIONS FROM A COHORT OF 361 662 MEN

1986 • 1,142 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

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

1990 • 834 citations

Utilities and Quality-Adjusted Life Years

1989 • 830 citations

Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis During Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia With Combined Drug Regimens

1990 • 793 citations

A Clinician's Guide to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

1990 • 729 citations

Clinical Economics

1989 • 701 citations

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

1988 • 693 citations

Cholesterol and Mortality

1987 • 579 citations

The Decline in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Rates

1984 • 561 citations

Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. The Expert Panel

1988 • 536 citations

Overall and coronary heart disease mortality rates in relation to major risk factors in 325,348 men screened for the MRFIT

1986 • 514 citations

Beneficial Effects of Colestipol-Niacin on Coronary Atherosclerosis

1990 • 492 citations

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL AS A PREDICTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MORTALITY IN MEN AND WOMEN: THE FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE LIPID RESEARCH CLINICS PREVALENCE STUDY

1990 • 466 citations

Effects of Communitywide Education on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

1990 • 428 citations

The Value of Lowering Cholesterol after Myocardial Infarction

1990 • 427 citations

Forecasting coronary heart disease incidence, mortality, and cost: the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model.

1987 • 367 citations

Cost-effectiveness of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibition for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

1991 • 354 citations

Expanded Clinical Evaluation of Lovastatin (EXCEL) Study Results

1991 • 343 citations

THE QUANTITY‐ADJUSTED VALUE OF LIFE

1988 • 313 citations

Change in risk factors for coronary heart disease during 10 years of a community intervention programme (North Karelia project).

1983 • 242 citations

Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent or Treat Coronary Heart Disease

1985 • 226 citations

Modification of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease

1988 • 224 citations

Multiple risk functions for predicting coronary heart disease: The concept, accuracy, and application

1982 • 221 citations

Cost-effectiveness of Antihyperlipemic Therapy in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

1987 • 176 citations

Cholesterol Reduction and Life Expectancy

1987 • 176 citations

The multiple risk factor intervention trial (MRFIT)

1981 • 166 citations

The Prevalence of High Blood Cholesterol Levels Among Adults in the United States

1989 • 159 citations

High Blood Cholesterol in Elderly Men and the Excess Risk for Coronary Heart Disease

1990 • 154 citations

How Well Can Physicians Estimate Mortality in a Medical Intensive Care Unit?

1989 • 141 citations

The North Karelia youth project: Evaluation of two years of intervention on health behavior and CVD risk factors among 13- to 15-year old children

1982 • 126 citations

The Case Against Childhood Cholesterol Screening

1990 • 126 citations

Reducing High Blood Cholesterol Level With Drugs

1990 • 124 citations

What If Americans Ate Less Fat?

1991 • 116 citations

Medical costs of coronary artery disease in the United States

1990 • 108 citations

Long-term Mortality After 5-Year Multifactorial Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Middle-aged Men

1991 • 90 citations

Effect of health education on dietary behavior: the Stanford Three Community Study

1981 • 88 citations

The frequency of cervical cancer screening. Comparison of a mathematical model with empirical data

1987 • 82 citations

Treating high blood cholesterol in the older patient

1989 • 68 citations

A Single Cholesterol Measurement Underestimates the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

1990 • 56 citations

Costs and Health Consequences of Cholesterol Screening for Asymptomatic Older Americans

1991 • 45 citations

International Health Spending And Utilization Trends

1988 • 43 citations

Trends in Hypertension Control in the United States

1984 • 43 citations

Comparison of an Aggressive (U.S.) and a Less Aggressive (Canadian) Policy for Cholesterol Screening and Treatment

1991 • 39 citations

Some of the Tough Decisions Required by a National Health Plan

1989 • 38 citations

Analysis of the costs of a large prevention trial

1990 • 33 citations

Trends in CHD in the United States

1989 • 29 citations

The Women's Health Trial as an Investment

1989 • 18 citations

A Mathematical Representation of the Expert Panel's Guidelines for Nigh Blood Cholesterol Case-finding and Treatment

1990 • 11 citations