Document Classification

Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Similar results were obtained in stratum II for TC (-30. 7 % in lovastatin and -30. 3 % in simvastatin), LDL cholesterol (-37. 6 % in lovastatin and -36. 8 % in simvastatin), TG (-21. 9 % in lovastatin and -16. 9 % in simvastatin), apo-B (-32. 0 % in lovastatin and -31. 7 % in simvastatin), TC : HDL cholesterol ratio (from 8. 62 to 5. 47 in lovastatin and from 8. 96 to 5. 77 in simvastatin), HDL cholesterol (+9. 7 % in lovastatin and +7. 5 % in simvastatin) and apo-A1 (+7. 2 % in lovastatin and +8. 8 % in simvastatin), with P < 0. 001 in all within-group tests.