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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Pravastatin significantly reduced plasma concentrations of cholesterol (5. 9 + / - 0. 3 vs. 4. 8 + / - 0. 2 mmol/l ; P < 0. 001), low density lipoprotein (LDL) - cholesterol (3. 5 + / - 0. 2 vs. 2. 6 + / - 0. 2 mmol/l ; P < 0. 001), triglyceride (2. 1 + / - 0. 3 vs. 1. 7 + / - 0. 2 mmol/l ; P = 0. 017), non-high density lipoprotein (HDL) - cholesterol (4. 4 + / - 0. 3 vs. 3. 3 + / - 0. 2 mmol/l ; P < 0. 001), lathosterol/total cholesterol ratio (2. 6 + / - 0. 2 vs. 2. 0 + / - 0. 3, P = 0. 035), apo B-100 (1. 1 + / - 0. 1 vs. 0. 8 + / - 0. 1 g/l ; P = 0. 001), apo B-48 (4. 8 + / - 0. 9 vs. 3. 3 + / - 0. 6 mg/l ; P = 0. 016), and RLP-cholesterol (31. 4 + / - 8. 2 vs. 18. 6 + / - 4. 6 mg/dl ; P = 0. 024).