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Figure 3 Coronary heart disease (CHD) event rates in primary prevention trials (4 to 5 years duration) are directly proportional to the on-treatment low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. The event rate is predicted to approach 0 at an LDL level of about 57 mg/dl (5–7). AFCAPS = Air Force Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study; ASCOT = Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcome Trial; WOSCOPS = West Of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study. Other abbreviations as in Figure 2.