Diet and Exercise for Elevated Risk (DEER)

Launched by STANFORD UNIVERSITY · Oct 27, 1999

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BACKGROUND:

The NCEP is a major public education program providing advice to physicians and the public on management and prevention of coronary heart disease. However, data supporting the advice are derived primarily from middle-aged men, with less data available for women and older individuals. Furthermore, there have been recent reports that when low saturated fat diets such as the NCEP Step One and NCEP Step Two diets, are followed, HDL-cholesterol is lowered as well as LDL-cholesterol.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Randomized, controlled, factorial design powered for men and women separately. On...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• • Men with with LDL-cholesterol of 125-189 mg/dL and HDL-cholesterol below or equal to 44 mg/dL, and postmenopausal women, age 45 to 64, with LDL-cholesterol of 125 to 209 mg/dL and HDL-cholesterol below or equal to 59 mg/dL.