Review Article

The Interpretation of Cholesterol Balance Derived Synthesis Data and Surrogate Noncholesterol Plasma Markers for Cholesterol Synthesis under Lipid Lowering Therapies

Table 1

Total daily cholesterol input calculated as the sum of daily absorbed cholesterol and cholesterol synthesis measured by the cholesterol balance method. Original data have been published [1].

TreatmentChol synthesisAbsorbed dietary cholTotal chol input
mg/daymg/day mg/day

PLAC868 ± 358162 ± 511004 ± 312
EZE
SIMVA747 ± 295159 ± 59
EZE + SIMVA

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