The "Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease (LIPID)" was a multi-center, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study comparing the effects of pravastatin (40 mg OD) with placebo in 9014 patients aged 31 to 75 years for an average duration of 5.6 years with normal to elevated serum cholesterol levels (baseline total cholesterol = 155 to 271 mg/ dl [4.0-7.0 mmol/ l], mean total cholesterol = 219 mg/ dl [5.66 mmol/ l]) and with variable triglyceride levels of up to 443 mg/ dl [5.0 mmol/ l] and with a history of myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris in the preceding 3 to 36 months.