WOSCOPS West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

WOSCOPS = West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study. Shepherd J et al 1995 Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolemia. New England Journal of Medicine 333 1301-1307. [Pg.524]

VA-HIT Veterans Administration High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) Intervention Trial VCAM-1 Vascular cell adhesion molecule VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor VLDL Very low-density lipoproteins WHI Women s Health Initiative WHO World Health Organization WOSCOPS West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study... [Pg.450]

In the general population for primary prevention of CHD The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) (9), Air Force/Texas coronary atherosclerosis Prevention study (AFCAPS/TexCAPS) (10), and the completed but unpublished MEGA study in Japan (A. Nakamura, presented to AHA Scientific Sessions, November 2005). [Pg.156]

AECAPS/TexCAPS = Air ForceAexas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (Downs et ah, 1998) Helsinki = The Helsinki Heart Study (Frick et al., 1 987) LRC-CPPT = The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial (insull et al., 1984) Oslo = The Oslo Study (Hjermann et ah, 1988) WOSCOPS = The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (Shepherd et al., 1995) ALLHAT = Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial approximately 13-15% of patients had a history of coronary heart disease (CHD) events are CHD events only WHI = Women s Health initiative RRR = relative risk reduction ARR = absolute risk reduction NNT = number needed to treat NA = not available CEE = conjugated equine estrogen MPA = medroxyprogesterone acetate CARDS = Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (presented at the 2004 American Diabetes Association meeting). [Pg.446]

Primary prevention trials such as Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (AFCAPS/TexCAPS) (i i, 72), West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group (WOSCOPS) (13,14), and the... [Pg.63]