* Blood pressure control throughout the trial was very similar in the groups randomised to atorvastatin and placebo. Mean levels at baseline were 164/95 and at close-out were 138/80 for both groups. * * At 1 year of follow-up, the atorvastatin group’s total cholesterol and calculated LDL-cholesterol levels were around 1.3 mmol/L and 1.2 mmol/L lower, respectively, than the placebo group’s (24% and 35% relative reduction, respectively). By the end of the study, these differences were 1.0 mmol/L and 1.0 mmol/L (19% and 28% relative reduction), respectively. * Mean age was 63 years, and most of
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