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Trial reportCirculation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society2004

Design and baseline characteristics of a study of primary prevention of coronary events with pravastatin among Japanese with mildly elevated cholesterol levels.

Management of Elevated Cholesterol in the Primary Prevention Group of Adult Japanese (MEGA) Study Group

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Trial report in Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT00211705. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT00211705 phase4completed

Management of Elevated Cholesterol in the Primary Prevention Group of Adult Japanese(MEGA Study)

Ran1994Enrolled8,000Registered outcomes2Posted comparisons0ConditionsHyperlipidemiaArmsdiet, Diet+pravastatin
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Statins for the primary prevention of venous thromboembolism.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  4. Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013 · on this map
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  5. Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011 · on this map
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  11. Statins in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2013 · on this map
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Management of Elevated Cholesterol in the Primary Prevention Group of Adult Japanese (MEGA) Study Group

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough cholesterol management reportedly reduces fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) events in subjects with or without evident atherosclerotic disease, it is still uncertain whether these benefits extend to Japanese. METHODS AND

resultsThe study group comprised 8,009 subjects with mildly elevated total cholesterol who were randomized to treatment with 10-20 mg pravastatin plus diet (2,691 women, 1,267 men) or diet alone (2,758 women, 1,293 men). The groups were extremely well balanced with respect to baseline demographics and risk factors such as blood pressure and plasma lipids. Over a 5-year period of follow-up, the primary end-points will be a composite of fatal and non-fatal coronary events. Secondary end-points will include stroke and transient ischemic attack, all cardiovascular events and total mortality.

conclusionsThe 2 groups will be followed up until the end of March 2004 and end-points will be analyzed by full analysis set.

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Primary PreventionAdultAgedAnticholesteremic AgentsBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexCoronary DiseaseDietFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLipidsMaleMiddle AgedPatient SelectionAnticholesteremic AgentsBlood GlucoseLipidsPravastatin

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PMID15329509

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