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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 300 patients with stable coronary disease, a positive exercise treadmill test, 48-hour ambulatory ECG with > or = 1 episode of ischemia, and fasting total cholesterol of 180 to 250 mg/dL were assigned to 1-year treatment with intensive atorvastatin to reduce LDL to < 80 mg/dL (n = 96), intensive atorvastatin to reduce LDL to < 80 mg/dL plus antioxidant vitamins C (1000 mg/d) and E (800 mg/d) (n = 101), or diet and low-dose lovastatin, if needed, to reduce LDL to < 130 mg/dL (n = 103 ; control group).