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Researchers Not Deterred by Trials Showing No Benefit

Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2009;301(2):150-151.

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New Orleans—Two major trials exploring the benefits of lifestyle modifications for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events failed to achieve their primary end points, which were to lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and mortality and hospitalization. But the researchers presenting the studies' findings at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association here in November are still calling their studies successful.

Researchers believe lifestyle modification such as exercising and a healthier diet should reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, but proving this to be true remains difficult. (Photo credit: Myles Dumas/iStockphoto.com)

One of these studies, a randomized controlled trial called FIT Heart (a Family-Based Intervention Trial to Improve Heart Health), enrolled 501 healthy adult family members (66% of whom were female and 36% were nonwhite, with a mean age of 48 years) to test the hypothesis that the hospitalization of a family . . . [Full Text of this Article]

LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION



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