TY - JOUR T1 - CHolesterol lowering in the elderly population AU - Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Rifkind BM, Kuller LH, et al Y1 - 1999/08/09 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.159.15.1670 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 1670 EP - 1678 VL - 159 IS - 15 N2 - The incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) peaks in the elderly population. In secondary and primary prevention trials, cholesterol-lowering therapy reduces risk for CHD in both older and younger participants. This benefit, therefore, can be extended to the elderly. SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.159.15.1670 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.159.15.1670 ER -