Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVES: DESIGN: Ambulatory, community-dwelling healthy adults with mild hypercholesterolemia (n = 40) were assigned to receive oral policosanol (20 mg) or placebo once daily for 8 wk. This was a double-blind, randomized controlled trial conducted from January through August 2005. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Michael F Dulin, Lauren F Hatcher, Howell C Sasser, Thomas A Barringer |
Journal | The American journal of clinical nutrition
(Am J Clin Nutr)
Vol. 84
Issue 6
Pg. 1543-8
(Dec 2006)
ISSN: 0002-9165 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17158441
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Anticholesteremic Agents
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Fatty Alcohols
- Triglycerides
- policosanol
- C-Reactive Protein
- Cholesterol
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anticholesteremic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- C-Reactive Protein
(analysis)
- Cholesterol
(blood)
- Cholesterol, HDL
(blood)
- Cholesterol, LDL
(blood)
- Double-Blind Method
- Fatty Alcohols
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Hypercholesterolemia
(drug therapy)
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Saccharum
- Treatment Failure
- Triglycerides
(blood)
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