Achievement of recommended lipid and lipoprotein levels with combined ezetimibe/statin therapy versus statin alone in patients with and without diabetes.
Journal Article
Treatment guidelines identify low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) as the primary target of therapy with secondary targets of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (apoB). Data were pooled from 27 randomised, double-blind, active or placebo-controlled trials in 21,794 adult hypercholesterolaemic patients (LDL-C 1.81-6.48 mmol/L) receiving ezetimibe/statin or statin for 4-24 weeks. Percentages of patients achieving various targets were calculated among diabetes (n = 6541) and non-diabetes (n = 15,253) subgroups. Significantly more patients with and without diabetes achieved specified levels of LDL-C (< 2.59, < 1.99, < 1.81 mmol/L), non-HDL-C (< 3.37, < 2.59 mmol/L) and apoB (< 0.9, < 0.8 g/L) with ezetimibe/statin versus statin. Patients with diabetes had larger mean per cent reductions in LDL-C and non-HDL-C than non-diabetes patients. A greater percentage of patients achieved both the LDL-C and apoB targets and all three LDL-C, apoB, and non-HDL-C targets with ezetimibe/statin versus statin in both subgroups. Patients with diabetes benefitted at least as much as, and sometimes more than, non-diabetes patients following treatment with ezetimibe/statin.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Guyton, JR; Betteridge, DJ; Farnier, M; Leiter, LA; Lin, J; Shah, A; Johnson-Levonas, AO; Brudi, P
Published Date
- April 2011
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 8 / 2
Start / End Page
- 160 - 172
PubMed ID
- 21562068
Pubmed Central ID
- 21562068
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1752-8984
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1479-1641
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/1479164111406457
Language
- eng