title: [Lowering of the plasma lipid concentration with lovastatin. A clinical study in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia].
abstract: A study of 27 patients (18 males and 9 females; median age 57 [35-70] years) with hypercholesterolaemia examined the lipid-reducing effect, clinical reliability and tolerance of lovastatin, an HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitor, given in a single evening dose. After a four-week period on placebo and a lipid-reducing diet the patients received 20 mg lovastatin for four weeks. If, at the end of this period, total cholesterol levels were still above 200 mg/dl, the dose was increased to 40 mg, after a further four weeks to 80 mg. After a three-month treatment period total cholesterol concentration in lovastatin-treated patients was 28% lower than in the placebo group (289.4 +/- 42.2 vs 208.0 +/- 39.9 mg/dl; P less than 0.0001). LDL-cholesterol concentration had fallen by 40% (215.1 +/- 44.4 vs 130.1 +/- 24.7 mg/dl; P less than 0.0001), while plasma triglyceride concentrations had fallen by 15% (166.3 +/- 71.8 vs 141.8 +/- 69.8 mg/dl; P less than 0.01). At the same time, HDL-cholesterol levels had risen by 12% (42.9 +/- 12.4 vs 47.9 +/- 18.2 mg/dl; P less than 0.01). These results confirm the marked lipid-reducing effect of lovastatin.
authors: Krankenhaus Bethanien, Hamburg.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Grüneberger
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dreyer
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kangah
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Reinicke
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Staisch
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Steinhagen-Thiessen
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Müller
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Simon
authors: H G
authors: HG
authors: Dammann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D008148:Lovastatin
vernacular_title: Senkung der Plasma-Lipidkonzentration durch Lovastatin. Ergebnisse einer klinischen Prüfung bei Patienten mit primärer Hypercholesterinämie.