Long-term cholesterol-lowering effects of psyllium as an adjunct to diet therapy in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1433-1438

  Anderson, James W ^a   Davidson, Michael H ^b   Blonde, Lawrence ^b   Brown, W Virgil ^b   Howard, W James ^b   Ginsberg, Henry ^b   Allgood, Lisa D ^b   Weingand, Kurt W ^b  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Hypercholesterolemia; LDL cholesterol; Men; Psyllium; Total cholesterol; Women

Indexed keywords

ISPAGULA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034082242     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.6.1433     Document Type: Article

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