PROVE-IT also included other kinds of heart disease in order to assure they reached statistical significance.
The study, called Prove-It, should spur many cardiologists to put many more people on cholesterol-lowering medicines.
But both TNT and PROVE-IT lumped together strokes, heart attacks and cardiac deaths.
Cannon, the cardiologist at Harvard Medical School who is heading up Prove-It, dismisses concerns that his study isn't powerful enough.
In PROVE-IT, presented two years ago, Lipitor proved better for treating very sick heart patients than Pravachol, from Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Given the hints of a big difference between the two medicines shown in Reversal, it's possible that Lipitor might perform better that Pravachol in Prove-It.
In PROVE-IT, presented two years ago, Lipitor proved better for treating very sick heart patients than Pravachol, from Bristol-Myers Squibb (nasdaq: BMY - news - people ).
It is difficult to prove - for prosecution or defence - that, in the face of these uncertainties, an individual cot death was either definitely due to abuse, or definitely not.
The problem is that although plaque might build up in arteries quickly, as in Reversal, it can take a long time for people to develop heart problems, as is measured in Prove-It.
Even folding PROVE-IT to the mix, collectively the excess of an absolute 0.8% equates to developing diabetes in 1 of every 125 patients treated with intensive statins compared with moderate dose statins.
The Prove-It results are being presented at a meeting here of the American College of Cardiology and will be published in The New England Journal of Medicine along with an editorial by Topol.
But he says the Prove-It is plenty big enough, because researchers also counted the number of heart attacks, angiographies, and bypass surgeries--giving them more than 1, 000 events to use in comparing the two drugs.
Jody Morris and Murray Davidson passed the ball well in midfield and streaking forward in front of them they had a player with a point to prove - Jennison Myrie-Williams, the former United man.
On Monday, Tim Anderson, a sell-side analyst at Prudential Equities, wrote in a research note that he and his team believe that Bristol carefully designed Prove-It to show the drugs are the same, perhaps by making the study too small or too short.
The special carve-outs may stop Sears and the financial exchanges from flying the coop, but the income-tax hikes will still prove job-killers.
With no relief expected from rising food costs, however, the 22% rally in the share price of the chicken-wing restaurant chain could prove short-lived.
Labour's leaders in Wales have been trying hard, perhaps too hard, to downplay the significance of the report - an effort that may prove counter-productive.
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She said the 26% fall in the number of student visas issued could ultimately prove counter-productive.
But the positive sentiment may prove short-lived and will be tested in coming weeks, he said.
It is indeed difficult to prove climato-sceptics wrong without referring to obscure science work.
Unless Ms Gillard can dispel the clouds, the budget's political sunshine may prove short-lived.
These differences suggest that a recovery in the euro area might prove longer-lasting than in America.
Dozens of startups chasing the trend will fail, as marketplaces like these always prove winner-take-all.
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Given that America's petrol prices appear to have fallen during October, this surge may prove short-lived.
All recoveries go through them from time to time, he says, and this one should prove short-lived.
There's another reason why giving away free Net access may ultimately prove workable - or not, depending upon geography.
Rather than wanting to go it alone, the new German government may well prove hyper-active in seeking international co-operation.
But if growth remains very weak despite the recent rise in asset prices, then the current market optimism may prove short-lived.
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