ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE SERVICES LIMITED 1 Wimpole Street, London WIM 8AE All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photostat, microfilm. or any other means, without written permission from the publishers. This publication is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing under the UK Copyright Act 1956, Part 1, Section 7, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the Honorary Editors, Royal Society of Medicine. These proceedings are published by Royal Society of Medicine Services Ltd with financial support from the sponsor. The contributors are responsible for the scientific content and for the views expressed, which are not necessarily those of the sponsor, of the editor of the series or of the volume, of the Royal Society of Medicine or of Royal Society of Medicine Services Ltd. Distribution has been in accordance with the wishes of the sponsor but a copy is available to any Fellow of the Society at a privileged price. Editorial and Production services by Fisher Duncan Ltd, 10 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH Phototypeset by Dobbie Typesetting Service, Plymouth, Devon Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford Contributors D. Canter MA, MB, ChB, FRCS International Clinical Research, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis, Pontypool, B. Ek MD Department of Medicine, University of Umeå, S-901 85. Umea, Helsinki Heart Study Ethical Committee Albertinkatu 23A, PL228, 00121 Helsinki 12, Finland S. Kaukola MD H. Meinertz MD First Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Medicine B, Rigshospital DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, J. R. O'Brien DM, FRCP, FRCPath B. Vessby MD Portsmouth District Pathology Service Central Laboratory, St Mary's Department of Geriatrics, University of Uppsala, PO Box 12042, S-750, Contents List of contributors Influence of gemfibrozil on lipoprotein composition: triglyceride removal capacity and fatty acid composition of the plasma lipid esters BENGT VESSBY, MERIKE BOBERG and HANS LITHELL . Effect of gemfibrozil on some haematological parameters J. R. O'BRIEN, M. D. ETHERINGTON, R. D. SHUTTLEWORTH, CHERYL M. Effects of gemfibrozil on plasma lipoproteins in patients with Gemfibrozil increases HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I and A-Il concentrations in dyslipidaemic subjects 1 11 15 SIRKKA KAUKOLA, VESA MANNINEN, CHRISTIAN EHNHOLM and 23 Augmentation of gemfibrozil-induced hypolipidaemia by psylliumbased fibre BÖRJE EK, MARJATTA MÄLKÖNEN and VESA MANNINEN Long-term treatment with gemfibrozil in male survivors of myocardial infarction SIRKKA KAUKOLA, MARJATTA MÄLKÖNEN, PEKKA KOSKINEN and VESA 31 35 |