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The difference between Asian and Western in the effect of LDL-C lowering therapy on coronary atherosclerotic plaque: a meta-analysis report

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, February 2015
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Title
The difference between Asian and Western in the effect of LDL-C lowering therapy on coronary atherosclerotic plaque: a meta-analysis report
Published in
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/1471-2261-15-6
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Yu-Feng Li, Quan-Zhou Feng, Wen-Qian Gao, Xiu-Jing Zhang, Ya Huang, Yun-Dai Chen

Abstract

The different effects of LDL-C levels and statins therapy on coronary atherosclerotic plaque between Western and Asian remain to be settled. PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched from Jan. 2000 to Sep. 2014 for randomized controlled or blinded end-points trials assessing the effects of LDL-C lowering therapy on regression of coronary atherosclerotic plaque (CAP) in patients with coronary heart disease by intravascular ultrasound. The significance of plaques regression was assessed by computing standardized mean difference (SMD) of the volume of CAP between the baseline and follow-up. Twenty trials (ten in the West and ten in Asia) were identified. For Westerns, Mean lowering LDL-C by 49.4% and/or to level 61.9 mg/dL in the group of patients with baseline mean LDL-C 123.2 mg/dL could significantly reduce the volume of CAP at follow up (SMD -0.156 mm(3), 95% CI -0.248 ~ -0.064, p = 0.001). LDL-C lowering by rosuvastatin (mean 40 mg daily) could significantly decrease the volumes of CAP at follow up. For Asians, Mean lowering LDL-C by 36.1% and/or to level 84.0 mg/dL with baseline mean LDL-C 134.2 mg/dL could significantly reduce the volume of CAP at follow up (SMD -0.211 mm(3), 95% CI -0.331 ~ -0.092, p = 0.001). LDL-C lowering by rosuvastatin (mean 14.1 mg daily) and atorvastatin (mean 18.9 mg daily) could significantly decrease the volumes of CAP at follow up. There was a different effect of LDL-C lowering on CAP between Westerns and Asians. For regressing CAP, Asians need lower dosage of statins or lower intensity LDL-C lowering therapy than Westerns.

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Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 3%
Unknown 35 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 22%
Student > Bachelor 5 14%
Other 4 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Student > Postgraduate 3 8%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 8 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 50%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 8%
Sports and Recreations 1 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Unknown 13 36%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. 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 16 February 2015.
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#2,770,275
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#103
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#2
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