Treatment with pravastatin significantly reduced the relative risk of CHD death by 24% (p = 0.0004, with an absolute risk of 6.4% in the placebo group, and 5.3% in pravastatin treated patients), the relative risk of coronary events (either CHD death or nonfatal MI) by 24% (p < 0.0001) and the relative risk of fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction by 29% (p < 0.0001).