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Article: Effects of nicotinic acid on lipids and lipoproteins varies with LDL subclass.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- November 16, 2004
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2004 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report described the differential effect of two nicotinic acid preparations on low-density lipoprotein subclass distribution in patients classified as low-density lipoprotein pattern A, B, or I.
According to published research from the United States, "We tested the hypothesis that treatment with nicotinic acid results in a differential blood lipid response in subjects classified as having a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) pattern A or B.
H.R. Superko and colleagues of the Fuqua Heart Center in Atlanta described their study, "One hundred eighty hypercholesterolemic subjects were randomized to placebo ...