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Combination therapy analysis of ezetimibe and statins in Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes

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Title
Combination therapy analysis of ezetimibe and statins in Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes
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Lipids in Health and Disease, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12944-015-0004-7
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Lulu Li, Minli Zhang, Fuxiang Su, Yang Li, Yali Shen, Jie Shen, Daqing Zhang

Abstract

Dyslipidemia management situation in Chinese patients with high risk and very high risk has been demonstrated very low, despite the wide use of statins. The effects and safety of the combined treatment of ezetimibe (EZ) and statins in Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remain unknown. Chinese Patients with ACS and T2DM were divided into the statins group (n = 40) and the combination group of EZ and statins (n = 44). In order to evaluate the clinical effects on lipids-lowering, systemic inflammation response and clinical safety, the follow-up of all patients was carried out at day 7(th) and 30(th) after treatment. The level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in combination group and statins group was 1.87 ± 0.42 and 2.18 ± 0.58 mmol/L at day 7(th), 1.51 ± 0.29 and 1.94 ± 0.49 mmol/L at day 30(th), respectively. The control rates of LDL-C level in the combination group and the statins group were 77% and 45% at day 30(th), respectively. There was no significant improvement on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level during follow-up. The triglyceride (TG) levels were significantly reduced in both groups, while no obvious difference was observed between two groups. No significant difference on serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level between two groups was observed. Moreover, we did not observe any significant correlation between serum lipids levels and serum hs-CRP level during follow-up. The liver dysfunction and muscle related side effects (MRSE), creatine kinase (CK) and myopathy were not observed in both groups. Our study demonstrated that it is feasible to initiate combination therapy during acute phase for Chinese patients with ACS and T2DM, which can bring more significant effect on LDL-C-lowering and improve the control rate of LDL-C level with good safety.

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Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 2%
United States 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 54 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 12%
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Researcher 4 7%
Other 11 19%
Unknown 15 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 30%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 9%
Neuroscience 3 5%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 16 28%
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