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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue 4, Pages 316-322Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.10.024
Keywords
non-HDL-cholesterol; coronary heart disease; meta-analysis; statins; fibrates; niacin
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- Abbott
- Aegerion
- AstraZeneca
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Daiichi-Sankyo
- Hoffman La Roche
- Merck
- Merck Schering-Plough
- Takeda
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Objectives To determine the relationship between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) lowering and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk reduction for various lipid-modifying therapies. Background Non-HDL-C is the second lipid target of therapy after low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Methods Randomized placebo or active-controlled trials were evaluated. The effect of mean non-HDL-C reduction on the relative risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction and CHD death was estimated using Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis models adjusted for study duration. Cochrane's Q was used to test for heterogeneity. Results Inclusion criteria were met by 14 statin (n = 100,827), 7 fibrate (n = 21,647), and 6 niacin (n = 4,445) trials, and 1 trial each of a bile acid sequestrant (n = 3,806), diet (n = 458), and ileal bypass surgery (n = 838). For statins, each 1% decrease in non-HDL-C resulted in an estimated 4.5-year CHD relative risk of 0.99 (95% Bayesian confidence interval: 0.98 to 1.00). The fibrate model did not differ from the statin model ( Bayes factor K = 0.49) with no evidence of heterogeneity. The niacin model was moderately different from the statin model (K = 7.43), with heterogeneity among the trials (Q = 11.8, 5 df; p = 0.038). The only niacin monotherapy trial (n = 3,908) had a 1:1 relationship between non-HDL-C and risk reduction. No consistent relationships were apparent for the 5 small trials of niacin in combination. The 95% confidence intervals for the single trials of diet, bile acid sequestrants, and surgery also included the 1: 1 relationship. Conclusions Non-HDL-C is an important target of therapy for CHD prevention. Most lipid-modifying drugs used as monotherapy have an approximate to 1:1 relationship between percent non-HDL-C lowering and CHD reduction. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53: 316-22) (C) 2009 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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