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Statin treatment alters serum n-3 to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio in patients with dyslipidemia

Overview of attention for article published in Lipids in Health and Disease, July 2015
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Title
Statin treatment alters serum n-3 to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio in patients with dyslipidemia
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Lipids in Health and Disease, July 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12944-015-0066-6
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Tsuyoshi Nozue, Ichiro Michishita

Abstract

The effects of statins on serum n-3 to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) levels have not been fully evaluated. We examined the effects of two types of statins (rosuvastatin and pitavastatin) on serum PUFAs levels and their ratios in patients with dyslipidemia. A total of 46 patients who were not receiving lipid-lowering therapy were randomly assigned to receive either 2.5 mg/day of rosuvastatin or 2 mg/day of pitavastatin. Serum PUFAs levels were measured at baseline, at 4 weeks, and at 12 weeks. Rosuvastatin was used to treat 23 patients, and the remaining 23 patients were treated using pitavastatin. Serum docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels decreased significantly at 12 weeks in both groups (rosuvastatin: from 169.6 to 136.3 μg/mL, p = 0.006; pitavastatin: from 188.6 to 153.9 μg/mL, p = 0.03). However, serum levels of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and arachidonic acid (AA) did not change. In addition, the EPA/AA ratio did not change, whereas the DHA/AA ratio decreased significantly at 12 weeks in both groups (rosuvastatin: from 0.99 to 0.80, p = 0.01; pitavastatin: from 1.14 to 0.91, p = 0.003). No adverse events were observed during the study period. In this small, open-label, pilot study, rosuvastatin and pitavastatin decreased serum DHA levels and the DHA/AA ratio in patients with dyslipidemia.

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

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 22%
Student > Master 5 14%
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Postgraduate 3 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 8%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 7 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 6%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 9 25%
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