EVAL OF PLANT STEROL ESTER & PLACEBO ON LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Lowering cholesterol has been shown to reduce heart attacks and deaths related to heart disease. There are many medications available in the U.S. to lower cholesterol. Some medications are absorbed into the body and cause drug interactions with other medications. However, some medications lower cholesterol without being absorbed into the body. Recently, orange juice that lowers cholesterol has been marketed in the U.S. by the Minute Maid Corporation. The goal of this study is to better understand the effects of the cholesterol-lowering drug Welchol¿, which is not absorbed into the body, in combination with cholesterol-lowering orange juice (Minute Maid Heart Wise¿) in men and women with high cholesterol.