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Figure 1 Percentage of patients experiencing major coronary events, according to several large outcomes studies. AFCAPS/TexCAPS = Air Force Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study; CARE = Cholesterol And Recurrent Events trial; 4S = Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study; HPS = Heart Protection Study; LIPID = Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease study; WOS = West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study. Adapted from Kato H, et al. Am J Epidemiol 1973;97:372–85; HPS Collaborative Group. Lancet 2002;360:7–22; and LaRosa JC, et al. JAMA 1999;282:2340–6.