title: Effect of baseline levels on response of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to hypolipidemic treatment.
abstract: The response of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to hypolipidemic monotherapy with diet, statins, fibrates, or nicotinic acid was investigated prospectively in 801 patients with dyslipidemia. We hypothesized that the behavior of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol after treatment would depend on its baseline levels and the therapy used.
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. g_kolovou@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Genovefa D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kolovou
authors.forename: Deliana C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Daskalova
authors.forename: Ilias I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Petropoulos
authors.forename: Katherine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Anagnostopoulou
authors.forename: Helen I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Bilianou
authors.forename: Nektarios D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Pilatis
authors.forename: Antonis N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
authors.forename: Dennis V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Cokkinos
mesh_terms: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009525:Niacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D009525:Niacin