A Study Measuring Effects on Intima Media Thickness: An Evaluation of Rosuvastatin 40 mg (METEOR)

Inclusion Criteria: * Maximum IMT \>1.2 mm and 3.5 mm at any location in the carotid ultrasound studies conducted at both Visit 2 (Week -4) and Visit 3 (Week -2) * Subjects with age and no other risk factor: Fasting LDL-C at Visit 1 (Week -6) is \>120 mg/dL (3.1mmol/L) and \<190 mg/dL (4.9 mmol/L) * Subjects with 2 or more risk factors and a 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk \< 10%: Fasting LDL-C at Visit 1 (Week -6) is \>120 mg/dL (3.1 mmol/L) and \<160 mg/dL (4.1 mmol/L) Exclusion Criteria: * Use of pharmacologic lipid-lowering medications (eg, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, fibrate derivatives, bile acid binding resins, niacin or its analogues at doses \>400 mg) within 12 months prior to Visit 1 (Week -6). * Clinical evidence of coronary artery disease or any other atherosclerotic disease such as angina, MI, TIA, symptomatic carotid artery disease, CVA, CABG, PTCA, peripheral arterial disease, AAA.