A study was conducted to determine the effect of the addition of a particular supplement to a well-known LDL lowering cholesterol drug. 5000 randomly selected patients were studied on this combination of drugs over a one-year period. An increased reduction of 5 mg/dL of LDL cholesterol was achieved with the combination of drugs relative to the well-known drug alone. The reduction resulted in a P -value of 0.001.

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A study was conducted to determine the effect of the addition of a particular supplement to a well-known LDL lowering cholesterol drug.  5000 randomly selected patients were studied on this combination of drugs over a one-year period. An increased reduction of 5 mg/dL of LDL cholesterol was achieved with the combination of drugs relative to the well-known drug alone.  The reduction resulted in a  P -value of 0.001.

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This  P -value result shows that the combination drug should be prescribed widely.

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A sample of this size can detect very small differences and hence care should be taken to determine if a reduction of this amount has any practical significance with respect to LDL cholesterol reduction.

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Clearly, this study has demonstrated the effectiveness of this new treatment.

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The result should be viewed with caution because one year is not a long time to study such an important matter as cholesterol.

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