Primary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events With Lovastatin in Men and Women With Average Cholesterol Levels

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Abstract
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL observations have demonstrated consistently a strong positive, continuous, independent, graded relation between plasma total cholesterol (TC) and the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). This relation covers a wide range of cholesterol concentrations, including those considered normal or mildly elevated.1-3 In the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial follow-up of screened men, 69% of deaths from CHD in the first 6 years of follow-up occurred in subjects with TC values between 4.71 and 6.83 mmol/L (182-264 mg/dL).4 In the first 16 years of the Framingham Heart Study, 40% of participants who developed a myocardial infarction had a TC level between 5.17 and 6.47 mmol/L (200-250 mg/dL).5