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Red yeast rice induces less muscle fatigue symptom than simvastatin in dyslipidemic patients: a single center randomized pilot trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, May 2017
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Title
Red yeast rice induces less muscle fatigue symptom than simvastatin in dyslipidemic patients: a single center randomized pilot trial
Published in
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12872-017-0560-z
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Yangjing Xue, Luyuan Tao, Shaoze Wu, Guoqiang Wang, Lu Qian, Jiwu Li, Lianming Liao, Jifei Tang, Kangting Ji

Abstract

About 10-15% patients who take statins experience skeletal muscle problems. Red yeast rice has a good safety profile could provide a compromise therapeutic strategy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of red yeast rice, when compared to simvastatin, on the muscle fatigue symptom and the serum lipid level in dyslipidemic patients with low to moderate cardiovascular risk. A total of 60 dyslipidemic patients with low to moderate cardiovascular risk were recruited and randomly assigned to receive either simvastatin (n = 33) or red yeast rice (n = 27) for 4 weeks. The muscle fatigue score, the physical activity, the serum lipid profile and the safety profile were then evaluated. At the end of study, the fatigue score was significantly increased in patients treated with simvastatin, whereas no significant change was observed in patients receiving red yeast rice. In addition, the physical activity level was significantly decreased in patients from simvastatin group when compared to those from red yeast rice group. Similar lipid-lowering effects were observed in two groups. The safety profile was not affected after the treatments. Among dyslipidemic patients with low to moderate cardiovascular risk, red yeast rice induced less fatigue side effect and exerted comparable lipid-lowering effects when compared to simvastatin in this pilot primary prevention study. NCT01686451 .

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 1%
Unknown 79 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 18 23%
Student > Master 10 13%
Researcher 5 6%
Student > Postgraduate 5 6%
Other 4 5%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 33 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Sports and Recreations 2 3%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 39 49%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 April 2023.
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