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Miller BF, Thyfault JP. Exercise-Pharmacology Interactions: Metformin, Statins, and Healthspan. Physiology (Bethesda) 2021; 35:338-347. [PMID: 32783612 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00013.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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There is an increased focus on treatments to extend the healthspan. There is solid evidence that exercise extends the healthspan, but other treatments, such as metformin and statins, are also gaining traction. If metformin and statins will be used to prolong healthspan, we must understand their effects in those free of disease and in combination with exercise.
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- Benjamin F Miller
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.,Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center for Aging, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.,Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.,Research Service, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri.,Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
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Reeskamp LF, Nurmohamed NS, Bom MJ, Planken RN, Driessen RS, van Diemen PA, Luirink IK, Groothoff JW, Kuipers IM, Knaapen P, Stroes ESG, Wiegman A, Hovingh GK. Marked plaque regression in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Atherosclerosis 2021; 327:13-17. [PMID: 34004483 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Both plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and risk for premature cardiovascular disease are extremely elevated in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), despite the use of multiple cholesterol lowering treatments. Given its inborn nature, atherosclerotic plaques are commonly observed in young HoFH patients. Whether intensive lipid lowering strategies result in plaque regression in adolescent patients is unknown. METHODS Two HoFH patients with null/null LDLR variants, who participated in the R1500-CL-1629 randomized clinical trial (NCT03399786) evaluating the LDL cholesterol lowering effect of evinacumab (a human antibody directed against ANGPTL3; 15 mg/kg intravenously once monthly), were included in this study. Patients underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) before randomization and after 6 months of treatment. RESULTS Both patient A (aged 12) and B (aged 16) were treated with a statin, ezetimibe and weekly apheresis. Evinacumab decreased mean pre-apheresis LDL cholesterol levels from 5.51 ± 0.75 and 5.07 ± 1.45 mmol/l to 2.48 ± 0.31 and 2.20 ± 0.13 mmol/l and post-apheresis LDL levels from 1.45 ± 0.26 and 1.37 ± 39 mmol/l to 0.80 ± 0.16 and 0.78 ± 0.13 mmol/l in patient A and B, respectively. Total plaque volumes were reduced by 76% and 85% after 6 months of evinacumab treatment in patient A and B, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We describe two severely affected young HoFH patients in whom profound plaque reduction was observed with CCTA after intensive lipid lowering therapy with statins, ezetimibe, LDL apheresis, and evinacumab. This shows that atherosclerotic plaques possess the ability to regress at young age, even in HoFH patients.
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- Laurens F Reeskamp
- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Gooding HC, Gidding SS, Moran AE, Redmond N, Allen NB, Bacha F, Burns TL, Catov JM, Grandner MA, Harris KM, Johnson HM, Kiernan M, Lewis TT, Matthews KA, Monaghan M, Robinson JG, Tate D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Spring B. Challenges and Opportunities for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Adults: Report From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e016115. [PMID: 32993438 PMCID: PMC7792379 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Improvements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates among young adults in the past 2 decades have been offset by increasing racial/ethnic and gender disparities, persistence of unhealthy lifestyle habits, overweight and obesity, and other CVD risk factors. To enhance the promotion of cardiovascular health among young adults 18 to 39 years old, the medical and broader public health community must understand the biological, interpersonal, and behavioral features of this life stage. Therefore, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, with support from the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, convened a 2-day workshop in Bethesda, Maryland, in September 2017 to identify research challenges and opportunities related to the cardiovascular health of young adults. The current generation of young adults live in an environment undergoing substantial economic, social, and technological transformations, differentiating them from prior research cohorts of young adults. Although the accumulation of clinical and behavioral risk factors for CVD begins early in life, and research suggests early risk is an important determinant of future events, few trials have studied prevention and treatment of CVD in participants <40 years old. Building an evidence base for CVD prevention in this population will require the engagement of young adults, who are often disconnected from the healthcare system and may not prioritize long-term health. These changes demand a repositioning of existing evidence-based treatments to accommodate new sociotechnical contexts. In this article, the authors review the recent literature and current research opportunities to advance the cardiovascular health of today's young adults.
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- Holly C Gooding
- Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Emory UniversityChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta GA
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- Division of General Medicine Columbia University New York NY
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- Department of Preventive Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago IL
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Texas Children's HospitalBaylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Epidemiology University of Iowa Iowa City IA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences Department of Epidemiology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
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- Blechman Center for Specialty Care and Preventive Cardiology Boca Raton Regional Hospital/Baptist Health South Florida Boca Raton FL
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- Department of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA
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- Department of Epidemiology Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta GA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Pediatrics Children's National Health System George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC
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- Department of Sociology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago IL
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Engeda JC, Lhachimi SK, Rosamond WD, Lund JL, Keyserling TC, Safford MM, Colantonio LD, Muntner P, Avery CL. Projections of incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and incident type 2 diabetes across evolving statin treatment guidelines and recommendations: A modelling study. PLoS Med 2020; 17:e1003280. [PMID: 32845900 PMCID: PMC7449387 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Experimental and observational research has suggested the potential for increased type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk among populations taking statins for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, few studies have directly compared statin-associated benefits and harms or examined heterogeneity by population subgroups or assumed treatment effect. Thus, we compared ASCVD risk reduction and T2D incidence increases across 3 statin treatment guidelines or recommendations among adults without a history of ASCVD or T2D who were eligible for statin treatment initiation. METHODS AND FINDINGS Simulations were conducted using Markov models that integrated data from contemporary population-based studies of non-Hispanic African American and white adults aged 40-75 years with published meta-analyses. Statin treatment eligibility was determined by predicted 10-year ASCVD risk (5%, 7.5%, or 10%). We calculated the number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one ASCVD event and the number needed to harm (NNH) to incur one incident case of T2D. The likelihood to be helped or harmed (LHH) was calculated as ratio of NNH to NNT. Heterogeneity in statin-associated benefit was examined by sex, age, and statin-associated T2D relative risk (RR) (range: 1.11-1.55). A total of 61,125,042 U.S. adults (58.5% female; 89.4% white; mean age = 54.7 years) composed our primary prevention population, among whom 13-28 million adults were eligible for statin initiation. Overall, the number of ASCVD events prevented was at least twice as large as the number of incident cases of T2D incurred (LHH range: 2.26-2.90). However, the number of T2D cases incurred surpassed the number of ASCVD events prevented when higher statin-associated T2D RRs were assumed (LHH range: 0.72-0.94). In addition, females (LHH range: 1.74-2.40) and adults aged 40-50 years (LHH range: 1.00-1.14) received lower absolute benefits of statin treatment compared with males (LHH range: 2.55-3.00) and adults aged 70-75 years (LHH range: 3.95-3.96). Projected differences in LHH by age and sex became more pronounced as statin-associated T2D RR increased, with a majority of scenarios projecting LHHs < 1 for females and adults aged 40-50 years. This study's primary limitation was uncertainty in estimates of statin-associated T2D risk, highlighting areas in which additional clinical and public health research is needed. CONCLUSIONS Our projections suggest that females and younger adult populations shoulder the highest relative burden of statin-associated T2D risk.
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- Joseph C. Engeda
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Research Group Evidence-Based Public Health, Leibniz Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research (BIPS), Bremen, Germany
- Department for Health Services Research, Institute for Public Health and Nursing, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review randomized interventional clinical and imaging trials that support lower targeted atherogenic lipoprotein cholesterol goals in "extreme" and "very high" atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk settings. Major atherosclerotic cardiovascular event (MACE) prevention among the highest risk patients with ASCVD requires aggressive management of global risks, including lowering of the fundamental atherogenic apolipoprotein B-associated lipoprotein cholesterol particles [i.e., triglyceride-rich lipoprotein remnant cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and lipoprotein(a)]. LDL-C has been the long-time focus of imaging studies and randomized clinical trials (RCTs). The 2004 adult treatment panel (ATP-III) update recognized that the long-standing targeted LDL-C goal of < 100 mg/dL potentially fostered substantial undertreatment of the very highest coronary heart disease (CHD) risk individuals and was lowered to < 70 mg/dL as an "optional" goal for "very high" 10-year CHD [CHD death + myocardial infarction (MI)] risk exceeding 20%. This evidence-based guideline change was supported by the observed benefits demonstrated in the high-risk primary and secondary prevention populations in the Heart Protection Study (HPS), the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) population in the Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 22 trial (PROVE-IT), and the secondary prevention population in the Reversal of Atherosclerosis with Aggressive Lipid Lowering (REVERSAL) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) study. Subsequent national and international guidelines maintained a targeted LDL-C goal < 70 mg/dL, or a threshold for management of > 70 mg/dL for patients with CHD, CHD risk equivalency, or ASCVD. RECENT FINDINGS Subgroup or meta-analyses of several RCTs, IVUS imaging studies, and the ACS population in IMProved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial (IMPROVE-IT) supported the evidence-based 2017 American Association Clinical Endocrinologist (AACE) guideline change establishing a targeted LDL-C goal < 55 mg/dL, non-HDL-C < 80 mg/dl, and apolipoprotein B (apo B) < 70 mg/dL for patients at "Extreme" ASCVD risk, i.e., 10-year 3-point-MACE-composite (CV death, non-fatal MI, or ischemic stroke) risk exceeding 30%. Moreover, with no recognized lower-limit-associated intolerance or safety issues, even more intensive lowering of atherogenic cholesterol levels is supported by the following evidence base: (1) analysis of eight high-intensity statin-based prospective secondary prevention IVUS atheroma volume regression trials; (2) a distribution analysis of on-treatment, ezetimibe and background-statin, of the very low LDL-C levels reached and CVD event risk in the IMPROVE-IT ACS population; (3) the secondary prevention Global Assessment of Pl\aque Regression With a PCSK9 Antibody as Measured by Intravascular Ultrasound (GLAGOV) on background-statin; and (4) the secondary prevention population of Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk (FOURIER). By example, in FOURIER, the population on background-statin at a baseline median 92 mg/dL achieved median LDL-C level of 30 mg/dL and non-HDL-C to < 65 mg/dl, and apo B to < 50 mg/dL, and subgroup and post hoc analyses all demonstrated additional ASCVD event reduction benefits as LDL-C was further reduced. The level of ASCVD risk determines the degree, urgency, and persistence in global risk management, including fundamental atherogenic lipoprotein cholesterol particle lowering. "Extreme" risk patients may require extremely low targeted LDL-C, non-HDL-C and apo B goals; such efforts, implied by more recent interventional trials and analyses, are aimed at maximal atheroma plaque regression, stabilization, and MACE event reduction with the aspiration of improved quality lifespan.
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- Paul D Rosenblit
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, University California, Irvine (UCI), School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
- Diabetes Out-Patient Clinic, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA, 92868, USA.
- Diabetes/Lipid Management & Research Center, 18821 Delaware St., Suite 202, Huntington Beach, CA, 92648, USA.
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Byrne P, Cullinan J, Smith A, Smith SM. Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an overview of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e023085. [PMID: 31015265 PMCID: PMC6500096 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To synthesise evidence from exclusively primary prevention data on the effectiveness of statins for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including stroke, and outcomes stratified by baseline risk and gender. DESIGN Overview of systematic reviews (SRs) using Revised-AMSTAR approach to assess quality. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Scopus and PROSPERO to June 2017. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES SRs of randomised control trials (RCTs) or individual patient data (IPD) from RCTs, examining the effectiveness of statins versus placebo or no treatment on all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease, CVD (including stroke) and composite endpoints, with stratification by baseline risk and gender. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed methodological quality. A narrative synthesis was conducted. RESULTS Three SRs were included. Quality of included SRs was mixed, and none reported on the risk of bias of included trials.We found trends towards reduced all-cause mortality in all SRs (RR 0.91 [95% CI 0.85 to 0.97]), (RR 0.91 [95% CI 0.83 to 1.01]) and (RR 0.78 [95% CI 0.53 to 1.15]) though it was not statistically significant in two SRs. When stratified by baseline risk, the effect on all-cause mortality was no longer statistically significant except in one medium risk category. One review reported significant reductions (RR 0.85 [95% CI 0.77 to 0.95]) in vascular deaths and non-significant reductions in non-vascular deaths (RR 0.97 [95% CI 0.88 to 1.07]). There were significant reductions in composite outcomes overall, but mixed results were reported in these when stratified by baseline risk. These reviews included studies with participants considered risk equivalent to those with established CVD. CONCLUSIONS There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of statins for primary prevention with mixed findings from studies including participants with widely ranging baseline risks. Decision making for the use of statins should consider individual baseline risk, absolute risk reduction and whether risk reduction justifies potential harms and taking a daily medicine for life. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42017064761.
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- Paula Byrne
- J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- HRB Centre for Primary Care Research and Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Graham I, Shear C, De Graeff P, Boulton C, Catapano AL, Stough WG, Carlsson SC, De Backer G, Emmerich J, Greenfeder S, Kim AM, Lautsch D, Nguyen T, Nissen SE, Prasad K, Ray KK, Robinson JG, Sasiela WJ, Bruins Slot K, Stroes E, Thuren T, Van der Schueren B, Velkovski-Rouyer M, Wasserman SM, Wiklund O, Zouridakis E. New strategies for the development of lipid-lowering therapies to reduce cardiovascular risk. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY 2019; 4:119-127. [PMID: 29194462 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvx031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The very high occurrence of cardiovascular events presents a major public health issue, because treatment remains suboptimal. Lowering LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) with statins or ezetimibe in combination with a statin reduces major adverse cardiovascular events. The cardiovascular risk reduction in relation to the absolute LDL-C reduction is linear for most interventions without evidence of attenuation or increase in risk at low LDL-C levels. Opportunities for innovation in dyslipidaemia treatment should address the substantial risk of lipid-associated cardiovascular events among patients optimally treated per guidelines but who cannot achieve LDL-C goals and who could benefit from additional LDL-C-lowering therapy or experience side effects of statins. Fresh approaches are needed to identify promising drug targets early and develop them efficiently. The Cardiovascular Round Table of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) convened a workshop to discuss new lipid-lowering strategies for cardiovascular risk reduction. Opportunities to improve treatment approaches and the efficient study of new therapies were explored. Circulating biomarkers may not be fully reliable proxy indicators of the relationship between treatment effect and clinical outcome. Mendelian randomization studies may better inform development strategies and refine treatment targets before Phase 3. Trials should match the drug to appropriate lipid and patient profile, and guidelines may move towards a precision-based approach to individual patient management. Stakeholder collaboration is needed to ensure continued innovation and better international coordination of both regulatory aspects and guidelines. It should be noted that risk may also be addressed through increased attention to other risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, overweight, and inactivity.
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- Ian Graham
- Trinity College, Adelaide Health Foundation, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland
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- Global Product Development/Internal Medicine, Pfizer, Inc., 235 E. 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017, NY, USA
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- Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (CBG-MEB), Graadt Van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences and Multimedica IRCCS, University of Milan, via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Departments of Clinical Research and Pharmacy Practice, Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 217 Main St., Buies Creek, NC 27506, USA
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- Cardiovascular Pharmacology, AstraZeneca, Pepparredsleden 1, SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, University Hospital, K3, 4th floor, De Pintelaan 185, B9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Descartes, Cochin-Hôtel Dieu Hospital, French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety, 143/147, Boulevard, Anatole France 93285, Saint-Denis, France
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- Regulatory Affairs, Daiichi-Sankyo, 211 Mt. Airy Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, USA
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- Internal Medicine Research Unit, Pfizer, Inc., 1 Portland St., 4th floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Sanofi, 55 Corporate Drive, Bridgewater, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Licensing Division, United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SZ, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, 323 Reynolds Building, Room 320, Charing Cross Hospital, London W68RF, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 145 N. Riverside Dr S455 CPHB, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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- Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Medical Department, Postboks 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Asklepios 8, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, MS 38.2.C, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA
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- Wallenberg Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Licensing Division, United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SZ, UK
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Martin-Ruiz E, Olry-de-Labry-Lima A, Ocaña-Riola R, Epstein D. Systematic Review of the Effect of Adherence to Statin Treatment on Critical Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Primary Prevention. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2018; 23:200-215. [DOI: 10.1177/1074248417745357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Eva Martin-Ruiz
- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP), Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain
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- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP), Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs, Granada, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada/Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP), Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs, Granada, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada/Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain
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Adham S, Miranda S, Doucet J, Lévesque H, Benhamou Y. [Statins in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease]. Rev Med Interne 2017; 39:42-49. [PMID: 28866432 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cardiovascular events are the second leading cause of death in France. The assessment of overall cardiovascular risk using a personalized assessment with weighting risk factors can predict the risk of cardiovascular events in ten years. The validated treatments to reduce cardiovascular mortality in primary prevention are few. The use of statins in primary prevention is discussed. We report in this review the updated conclusions from clinical trials regarding the treatment with statins in primary prevention.
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- S Adham
- Centre de référence des maladies vasculaires rares, service de génétique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
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- Département de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France
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- Service de médecine interne, gériatrie et thérapeutique, hôpital de Saint-Julien, CHU de Rouen, rue Guillaume-Lecointe, 76140 Le Petit-Quevilly, France
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- Département de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France; Unité inserm U1096, UFR de médecine et de pharmacie de Rouen, 22, boulevard Gambetta, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Département de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France; Unité inserm U1096, UFR de médecine et de pharmacie de Rouen, 22, boulevard Gambetta, 76000 Rouen, France
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Robinson JG. Planning a Research Agenda to Incorporate Imaging Into Clinical Practice. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 10:1039-1041. [PMID: 28330666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jennifer G Robinson
- Prevention Intervention Center, Departments of Epidemiology & Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Chlebowski RT. Improving Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Versus Implementing Breast Cancer Prevention. J Clin Oncol 2017; 35:702-704. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.70.9386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Rowan T. Chlebowski
- Rowan T. Chlebowski, Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
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Zakiev ER, Nikiforov NG, Orekhov AN. Cell-Based Models for Development of Antiatherosclerotic Therapies. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:5198723. [PMID: 28286766 PMCID: PMC5329658 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5198723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The leading cause of death worldwide is cardiovascular disease. Among the conditions related to the term, the most prominent one is the development of atherosclerotic plaques in the walls of arteries. The situation gets even worse with the fact that the plaque development may stay asymptomatic for a prolonged period of time. When it manifests as a cardiovascular disorder, it is already too late: the unfortunate individual is prescribed with a plethora of synthetic drugs, which are of debatable efficacy in the prevention of atherosclerotic lesions and safety. Cell models could be useful for the purpose of screening substances potentially effective against atherosclerosis progression and effective in reduction of already present plaques. In this overview, we present studies making use of in vitro and ex vivo models of atherosclerosis development that can prove valuable for clinical applications.
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- Emile R. Zakiev
- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, Russia
- INSERM UMR_S 1166-ICAN Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Atherosclerosis Research, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Moscow, Russia
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Eriksson JG, Guzzardi MA, Iozzo P, Kajantie E, Kautiainen H, Salonen MK. Higher serum phenylalanine concentration is associated with more rapid telomere shortening in men. Am J Clin Nutr 2017; 105:144-150. [PMID: 27881392 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.130468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Telomere length and telomere shortening are associated with age-related health outcomes. Only a few studies have been able to longitudinally report on factors that are associated with changes in telomere length in an aging population. OBJECTIVE We studied the longitudinal relation between telomere length, the change in telomere length, and circulating amino acids. DESIGN A total of 812 subjects from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (born from 1934 to 1944), who underwent 3 clinical visits during a 10-y interval that included measurements of cardiometabolic risk factors, were included in the study. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) was measured with the use of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Circulating branched-chain and aromatic amino acids (alanine, glycine, histidine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, and tyrosine) were assessed with the use of high-throughput nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. RESULTS The relative ± SD LTL at a mean age of 71 y was 0.79 ± 0.27 in men and 0.89 ± 0.35 in women (P < 0.001). Of the studied amino acids, the strongest inverse association was observed between the phenylalanine concentration that was measured 5 y earlier and the LTL. This finding was significant in men (P = 0.021) and remained significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons, but it was not significant in women (P = 0.39). Longitudinally, the change in LTL over 10 y was inversely associated with the phenylalanine concentration in men (P = 0.007) but not in women (P = 0.58) after adjustment for baseline LTL, age, smoking, and percentage of body fat. CONCLUSIONS The serum phenylalanine concentration is associated with telomere length and, therefore, potentially with the aging process. Because the associations reported are observational, no conclusions can be made regarding causality. Our findings support the hypothesis that cellular pathways that regulate aging are sex specific.
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- Johan G Eriksson
- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; .,Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Insitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MRC Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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Barquera S, Pedroza-Tobias A, Medina C. Cardiovascular diseases in mega-countries: the challenges of the nutrition, physical activity and epidemiologic transitions, and the double burden of disease. Curr Opin Lipidol 2016; 27:329-44. [PMID: 27389629 PMCID: PMC4947537 DOI: 10.1097/mol.0000000000000320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW There are today 11 mega-countries with more than 100 million inhabitants. Together these countries represent more than 60% of the world's population. All are facing noncommunicable chronic disease (NCD) epidemic where high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are becoming the main public health concerns. Most of these countries are facing the double burden of malnutrition where undernutrition and obesity coexist, increasing the complexity for policy design and implementation. The purpose of this study is to describe diverse sociodemographic characteristics of these countries and the challenges for prevention and control in the context of the nutrition transition. RECENT FINDINGS Mega-countries are mostly low or middle-income and are facing important epidemiologic, nutrition, and physical activity transitions because of changes in food systems and unhealthy lifestyles. NCDs are responsible of two-thirds of the 57 million global deaths annually. Approximately, 80% of these are in low and middle-income countries. Only developed countries have been able to reduce mortality rates attributable to recognized risk factors for NCDs, in particular high cholesterol and blood pressure. SUMMARY Mega-countries share common characteristics such as complex bureaucracies, internal ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic heterogeneity, and complexities to implement effective health promotion and education policies across population. Priorities for action must be identified and successful lessons and experiences should be carefully analyzed and replicated.
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- Simon Barquera
- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Pirro M, Mannarino MR, Bianconi V, Simental-Mendía LE, Bagaglia F, Mannarino E, Sahebkar A. The effects of a nutraceutical combination on plasma lipids and glucose: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pharmacol Res 2016; 110:76-88. [PMID: 27157250 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia are associated with an increased risk of ischemic cardiovascular disease. Positive effects of a nutraceutical combination comprising red yeast rice, berberine, policosanol, astaxanthin, coenzyme Q10 and folic acid (NComb) on plasma lipid and glucose levels have been reported in some but not all clinical trials. To address this inconsistency, we tried to estimate the size of lipid- and glucose-lowering effects of NComb through a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. A systematic literature search in PubMed-Medline, SCOPUS and Google Scholar databases was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials investigating the effects of NComb on plasma lipids and glucose levels. Inverse variance-weighted mean differences (WMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for net changes in lipid and glucose levels using a random-effects model. Random-effects meta-regression was performed to assess the effect of putative confounders on plasma lipid and glucose levels. Fourteen trials (1670 subjects in the NComb arm and 1489 subjects in the control arm) met the eligibility criteria for lipid analysis and 10 trials (1014 subjects in the NComb arm and 962 subjects in the control arm) for glucose analysis. Overall, WMDs were significant for the impact of NComb supplementation on plasma levels of total cholesterol (-26.15mg/dL, p<0.001), LDL-cholesterol (-23.85mg/dL, p<0.001), HDL-cholesterol (2.53mg/dL, p<0.001), triglycerides (-13.83mg/dL, p<0.001) and glucose (-2.59mg/dL, p=0.010). NComb-induced amelioration of lipid profile was not affected by duration of supplementation nor by baseline lipid levels; conversely, a greater glucose-lowering effect of NComb was found with higher baseline glucose levels and longer durations of supplementation. In conclusion, the present results suggest that NComb supplementation is associated with improvement of lipid and glucose profile. Short-term beneficial effects of NComb supplementation appear to be maintained in the long term.
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- Matteo Pirro
- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9177948564, Iran; Metabolic Research Centre, Royal Perth Hospital, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Thanassoulis G, Williams K, Altobelli KK, Pencina MJ, Cannon CP, Sniderman AD. Individualized Statin Benefit for Determining Statin Eligibility in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation 2016; 133:1574-81. [PMID: 26945047 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.018383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current guidelines recommend statins in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease on the basis of predicted cardiovascular risk without directly considering the expected benefits of statin therapy based on the available randomized, controlled trial evidence. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 2134 participants representing 71.8 million American residents potentially eligible for statins in primary prevention from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 2005 to 2010. We compared statin eligibilities using 2 separate approaches: a 10-year risk-based approach (≥7.5% 10-year risk) and an individualized benefit approach (ie, based on predicted absolute risk reduction over 10 years [ARR10] ≥2.3% from randomized, controlled trial data). A risk-based approach led to the eligibility of 15.0 million (95% confidence interval, 12.7-17.3 million) Americans, whereas a benefit-based approach identified 24.6 million (95% confidence interval, 21.0-28.1 million). The corresponding numbers needed to treat over 10 years were 21 (range, 9-44) and 25 (range, 9-44). The benefit-based approach identified 9.5 million lower-risk (<7.5% 10-year risk) Americans not currently eligible for statin treatment who had the same or greater expected benefit from statins (≥2.3% ARR10) compared with higher-risk individuals. This lower-risk/acceptable-benefit group includes younger individuals (mean age, 55.2 versus 62.5 years; P<0.001 for benefit based versus risk based) with higher low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (140 versus133 mg/dL; P=0.01). Statin treatment in this group would be expected to prevent an additional 266 508 cardiovascular events over 10 years. CONCLUSIONS An individualized statin benefit approach can identify lower-risk individuals who have equal or greater expected benefit from statins in primary prevention compared with higher-risk individuals. This approach may help develop guideline recommendations that better identify individuals who meaningfully benefit from statin therapy.
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- George Thanassoulis
- From Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada (G.T., A.D.S.); KenAnCo Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (K.W., K.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (K.W.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.J.P.); and Harvard Clinical Research Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (C.P.C.).
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- From Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada (G.T., A.D.S.); KenAnCo Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (K.W., K.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (K.W.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.J.P.); and Harvard Clinical Research Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (C.P.C.)
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- From Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada (G.T., A.D.S.); KenAnCo Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (K.W., K.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (K.W.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.J.P.); and Harvard Clinical Research Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (C.P.C.)
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- From Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada (G.T., A.D.S.); KenAnCo Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (K.W., K.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (K.W.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.J.P.); and Harvard Clinical Research Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (C.P.C.)
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- From Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada (G.T., A.D.S.); KenAnCo Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (K.W., K.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (K.W.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.J.P.); and Harvard Clinical Research Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (C.P.C.)
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- From Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada (G.T., A.D.S.); KenAnCo Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (K.W., K.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (K.W.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.J.P.); and Harvard Clinical Research Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (C.P.C.)
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Shantha GPS, Robinson JG. Emerging innovative therapeutic approaches targeting PCSK9 to lower lipids. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2015; 99:59-71. [DOI: 10.1002/cpt.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- GPS Shantha
- Departments of Epidemiology & Medicine, Prevention Intervention Center, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Departments of Epidemiology & Medicine, Prevention Intervention Center, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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Johnson SC, Dong X, Vijg J, Suh Y. Genetic evidence for common pathways in human age-related diseases. Aging Cell 2015; 14:809-17. [PMID: 26077337 PMCID: PMC4568968 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Aging is the single largest risk factor for chronic disease. Studies in model organisms have identified conserved pathways that modulate aging rate and the onset and progression of multiple age-related diseases, suggesting that common pathways of aging may influence age-related diseases in humans as well. To determine whether there is genetic evidence supporting the notion of common pathways underlying age-related diseases, we analyzed the genes and pathways found to be associated with five major categories of age-related disease using a total of 410 genomewide association studies (GWAS). While only a small number of genes are shared among all five disease categories, those found in at least three of the five major age-related disease categories are highly enriched for apoliprotein metabolism genes. We found that a more substantial number of gene ontology (GO) terms are shared among the 5 age-related disease categories and shared GO terms include canonical aging pathways identified in model organisms, such as nutrient-sensing signaling, translation, proteostasis, stress responses, and genome maintenance. Taking advantage of the vast amount of genetic data from the GWAS, our findings provide the first direct evidence that conserved pathways of aging simultaneously influence multiple age-related diseases in humans as has been demonstrated in model organisms.
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- Simon C. Johnson
- Department of Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA
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- Department of Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA
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- Department of Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA
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- Department of Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA
- Department of Medicine Endocrinology Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA
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Sun L, Zou L, Chen M, Liu B. Meta-analysis of statin therapy in maintenance dialysis patients. Ren Fail 2015; 37:1149-56. [DOI: 10.3109/0886022x.2015.1061871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Barquera S, Pedroza-Tobías A, Medina C, Hernández-Barrera L, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lozano R, Moran AE. Global Overview of the Epidemiology of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Arch Med Res 2015; 46:328-38. [PMID: 26135634 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 408] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the global burden of ACD and its risk factors and to discuss the main challenges and opportunities for prevention. Publicly available data from the Global Burden of Disease Study were analyzed for ischemic heart disease (IHD), ischemic stroke and ACD risk factors. Data from the WHO Global Health Observatory were used to describe prevalence of diverse cardiometabolic risk factors. World Bank Gross Domestic Product per capita (GDPc) information was used to categorize countries according to income level. Cardiovascular mortality decreased globally from 1990-2010 with important differences by GDPc; during 1990 there was a positive association between IHD mortality and GDPc. Higher-income countries had higher rates compared to those of lower-income countries. High levels of body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol have a differential contribution to mortality by income group over time; high-income countries have been able to reduce the contribution from these risk factors in the last 20 years, whereas lower/middle income countries show an increasing trend in mortality attributable to high BMI and glucose. Although age-adjusted ACD mortality rate trends decreased globally, the absolute number of ACD deaths is increasing in part due to the growth of the population and aging, as well as to important lifestyle and food-system changes that likely attenuate gains in prevention. Population and individual level preventable causes of ACD must be aggressively and efficiently targeted in countries of lower economic development in order to reduce the growing burden of disease due to ACD.
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- Simon Barquera
- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Division of General Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Division of General Medicine, Columbia University, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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Jacobson TA, Ito MK, Maki KC, Orringer CE, Bays HE, Jones PH, McKenney JM, Grundy SM, Gill EA, Wild RA, Wilson DP, Brown WV. National lipid association recommendations for patient-centered management of dyslipidemia: part 1--full report. J Clin Lipidol 2015; 9:129-69. [PMID: 25911072 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 532] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The leadership of the National Lipid Association convened an Expert Panel to develop a consensus set of recommendations for patient-centered management of dyslipidemia in clinical medicine. An Executive Summary of those recommendations was previously published. This document provides support for the recommendations outlined in the Executive Summary. The major conclusions include (1) an elevated level of cholesterol carried by circulating apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins (non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C], termed atherogenic cholesterol) is a root cause of atherosclerosis, the key underlying process contributing to most clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events; (2) reducing elevated levels of atherogenic cholesterol will lower ASCVD risk in proportion to the extent that atherogenic cholesterol is reduced. This benefit is presumed to result from atherogenic cholesterol lowering through multiple modalities, including lifestyle and drug therapies; (3) the intensity of risk-reduction therapy should generally be adjusted to the patient's absolute risk for an ASCVD event; (4) atherosclerosis is a process that often begins early in life and progresses for decades before resulting a clinical ASCVD event. Therefore, both intermediate-term and long-term or lifetime risk should be considered when assessing the potential benefits and hazards of risk-reduction therapies; (5) for patients in whom lipid-lowering drug therapy is indicated, statin treatment is the primary modality for reducing ASCVD risk; (6) nonlipid ASCVD risk factors should also be managed appropriately, particularly high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and diabetes mellitus; and (7) the measurement and monitoring of atherogenic cholesterol levels remain an important part of a comprehensive ASCVD prevention strategy.
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- Terry A Jacobson
- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Oregon State University/Oregon Health & Science University, College of Pharmacy, Portland, OR, USA
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- Midwest Center for Metabolic & Cardiovascular Research and DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University and National Clinical Research, Richmond, VA, USA
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Opie LH. Present status of statin therapy. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2015; 25:216-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Guzzardi MA, Iozzo P, Salonen M, Kajantie E, Eriksson JG. Rate of telomere shortening and metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors: a longitudinal study in the 1934-44 Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. Ann Med 2015; 47:499-505. [PMID: 26339993 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2015.1074718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Leucocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with age-related health outcomes, but only few longitudinal studies have assessed changes in LTL in an ageing population. METHODS A total of 1,082 subjects from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (born 1934-1944), undergoing two clinical visits ∼10 years apart, were studied. Relative LTL was measured twice by quantitative real-time PCR. Simple and multiple regressions were used to study associations between cardiometabolic risk factors and LTL. RESULTS Telomere shortening was observed in 93.7%, and telomere elongation in 6.3% of the study participants. Telomere shortening was more rapid among males (-39.5% ± 1.1% versus -35.5% ± 1.0%, P < 0.01). In men a decrease in weight, waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage were all associated with telomere shortening during the follow-up (P < 0.05) independently of age and use of medication. Furthermore, higher body fat percentage and higher HDL-cholesterol level were associated with a slower rate of shortening in LTL (P < 0.05). Lower blood pressure levels were also associated with slower rate of telomere shortening in men (P < 0.05). No similar associations were observed among women. DISCUSSION A decrease in adiposity was associated with telomere shortening, and higher body fat percentage and HDL-cholesterol were associated with a slower rate of shortening in telomere length in men.
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- a Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR) , Pisa , Italy
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- b National Institute for Health and Welfare , Department of Chronic Disease Prevention , Helsinki , Finland.,c Folkhälsan Research Centre , Helsinki , Finland
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- b National Institute for Health and Welfare , Department of Chronic Disease Prevention , Helsinki , Finland.,d Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland
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- b National Institute for Health and Welfare , Department of Chronic Disease Prevention , Helsinki , Finland.,c Folkhälsan Research Centre , Helsinki , Finland.,e University of Helsinki , Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, and Helsinki University Hospital , Helsinki , Finland
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Abstract
Recent guidelines for cholesterol management proposed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) recommended statin therapy for most men in their 60s and most women in their 70s. If these guidelines are followed in the United States, most adults will eventually take statins. A companion article in this journal goes a step further by proposing statin initiation for mostly everyone about 10 years earlier. Treatment in ACC/AHA guidelines does not depend on cholesterol levels, for either statin initiation or treatment goals. Selection of patients for statin therapy depends instead on multifactorial risk assessment derived from prospective studies in subgroups of the US population. Because of expansion of statin therapy, the issue of the reliability of risk assessment has come to the fore. Some evidence suggests that the ACC/AHA risk algorithm overestimates risk in many persons; if so, this would lead to statin therapy beyond what was intended. Some investigators favor assessment of risk based on presence or absence of categorical risk factors or higher risk conditions. Others propose selection of individuals for statin therapy grounded in measurement of atherosclerosis burden. Finally, an alternate approach to cholesterol management is to establish cholesterol goals for secondary and primary prevention. Cholesterol levels, and not global risk assessment, here define the intensity of therapy. The use of cholesterol goals allows more flexibility in treatment by taking advantage of lifestyle therapies and various drugs and their doses to attain defined goals.
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