HDL-Atherosclerosis Treatment Study (HATS)

Summary

To measure the effects of lipid-lowering drugs and/or antioxidant vitamins on progression or regression of coronary heart disease as measured by quantitative angiography in patients with low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.

Timeline

Start

1994-09

Primary completion

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Completion

2001-02

Publications

• Background Brown G, Stewart BF, Zhao XQ, Hillger LA, Poulin D, Albers JJ. What benefit can be derived from treating normocholesterolemic patients with coronary artery disease? Am J Cardiol. 1995 Sep 28;76(9):93C-97C. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80477-9.
• Background Brown BG, Zhao XQ, Chait A, Frohlich J, Cheung M, Heise N, Dowdy A, DeAngelis D, Fisher LD, Albers J. Lipid altering or antioxidant vitamins for patients with coronary disease and very low HDL cholesterol? The HDL-Atherosclerosis Treatment Study Design. Can J Cardiol. 1998 Apr;14 Suppl A:6A-13A.
• Background Cheung MC, Wolfbauer G, Brown BG, Albers JJ. Relationship between plasma phospholipid transfer protein activity and HDL subclasses among patients with low HDL and cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 1999 Jan;142(1):201-5. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9150(98)00190-7.
• Background Brown BG, Zhao XQ, Chait A, Fisher LD, Cheung MC, Morse JS, Dowdy AA, Marino EK, Bolson EL, Alaupovic P, Frohlich J, Albers JJ. Simvastatin and niacin, antioxidant vitamins, or the combination for the prevention of coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 29;345(22):1583-92. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa011090.
• Background Brown BG, Cheung MC, Lee AC, Zhao XQ, Chait A. Antioxidant vitamins and lipid therapy: end of a long romance? Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002 Oct 1;22(10):1535-46. doi: 10.1161/01.atv.0000034706.24149.95.
• Williams PT, Zhao XQ, Marcovina SM, Otvos JD, Brown BG, Krauss RM. Comparison of four methods of analysis of lipoprotein particle subfractions for their association with angiographic progression of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Apr;233(2):713-720. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.01.034. Epub 2014 Jan 30.
• Williams PT, Zhao XQ, Marcovina SM, Brown BG, Krauss RM. Levels of cholesterol in small LDL particles predict atherosclerosis progression and incident CHD in the HDL-Atherosclerosis Treatment Study (HATS). PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56782. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056782. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

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