passages.id: split_4_validation_1418_passage
passages.type: progene_text
passages.text: Patients treated with 10 - year intensive lipid - lowering therapy , compared with control subjects , had significantly lower low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels ( 84 versus 158 mg / dL , respectively ; P < 0.001 ) and higher high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels ( 51 versus 37 mg / dL , respectively ; P < 0.001 ) .