title: Treatment of hypercholesterolemia in patients with metabolic syndrome: how do different statins compare?
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, and Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. rhknopp@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Knopp
authors.forename: Pathmaja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paramsothy
mesh_terms: D000069059:Atorvastatin; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006538:Heptanoic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D017035:Pravastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D019821:Simvastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D006538:Heptanoic Acids; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011758:Pyrroles; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D019821:Simvastatin; D017035:Pravastatin